Wasp (LHD 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXERCI E DET ERMI ED FALCO The WASP Amphibious Ready Group CARGJ left Antalya, Turkey a day earlier than expected to join NATO forces in the Adriatic for Determined Falcon. USS WASP CLHD-lj and USS Portland CLSD- 375 had arrived in the Turkish resort town on the Sth of June for a scheduled port call to allow their crews and embarked Marines of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit CSpecial Operations Capablej rest and relaxation during the five month Mediterranean deployment. Both WASP and PORTLAND were scheduled to depart for Haifa, Israel the next day when the call came from Sixth Fleet to get underway earlier than expected. ARG deployments promote stability, deter aggression, and act as ready forces to respond to a crisis such as this when directed. Forty hours after leaving Antalya, WASP and PORTLAND arrived on station in the Adriatic, ready to conduct operations. Less than 24 hours after arriving off the coast of Croatia, national and international media embarked aboard WASP and watched as the MBlack Knightsv of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron TWO SIX FOUR CHMM-2645, the Aviation Combat Element of the 26 MEU CSOCD, launched its AV-SB Harrier jets off of WASP's flightdeck to join more than 80 other NATO aircraft flying through the skies over Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia CFYROMJ. l

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