Exercise Mission Completed: USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the US Sixth Fleet, leaves the Black Sea

Flagship of the Sixth fleet The US Navy command ship Mount Whitney has completed missions in the Black Sea and has begun the transition to the Straits with the aim of crossing into the Mediterranean. This was announced by the command of the fleet on its official Twitter page.

Entering the Black Sea in early November, the flagship of the US Sixth Fleet, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), headed for the Turkish straits with the aim of crossing into the Mediterranean Sea. The implementation of missions and tasks within the framework of NATO exercises in the Black Sea has been completed, the statement said. On board the ship are naval and strike force and support officers from the allied naval forces (STRIKFORNATO).

The USS USS Porter (DDG 78) URO destroyer and USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189) support tanker remain in the Black Sea. While there is no information about their advance towards the Bosphorus, they are being monitored by the forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the guards cruiser Moskva, the frigate Admiral Essen and the patrol ship Pavel Derzhavin were directly monitoring the actions of the American ships.

The appearance in the Black Sea of ​​the flagship of the Sixth Fleet of the US Navy in the Russian military department was associated with the preparation in the region of a provocation directed against Russia. This was evidenced by the increased frequency of flights of reconnaissance aviation US and NATO near Russian borders. As the military assumed, the United States was preparing some kind of operation, which it intended to carry out with the help of Ukraine.

Despite the withdrawal of USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), the situation in the Black Sea remains tense.

Comments

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

why did you come ?!

[Anarchist]

To annoy ours. Well, to show the world that America has not lost its positions ... They will, it seems, resolutely defend the interests of the allies, even on the territory of opponents. Show off is the goal.

[den3080]

Quote: Vasilenko Vladimir

Exercise Mission Completed: USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the US Sixth Fleet, leaves the Black Sea

All women of easy virtue on the coast of the river, 10 barrels of red wine, 5 of white wine,
lamb shashlik - 2 tons were eaten, from beef - 500 kilos.
satsivi, khachapuri have not yet been counted ... but it was an auxiliary task.

[donavi49]

Assembled a squadron of democracy. The Romanians even boiled their flagship off the pier.

[Boa kaa]

Quote: Vasilenko Vladimir

why did you come ?!

In order to work out interaction with the multinational forces of the NATO Naval Forces in the Black Sea theater of operations, to agree on communications and command documents ... to check them in action. It is not the composition of the "cruise" that is interesting, but the composition of the conference on interaction, which is held on the eve of the practical part. There you can immediately see the level - "whom" is taught and you can guess "what" by the composition.

[YOUR]

As in a joke, new shoes to show off.

[askort154]

Vasilenko Vladimir ..... why did you come ?!

It is a powerfully equipped "floating headquarters".
He has already come to the Black Sea. Twice:
- in 2008 - Georgia attacked S. Ossetia,
- in 2014 - a coup in Kiev.
Today I came to steer Ukraine's attack on Donbass. But if he weighed the anchor and left, it means that something has not "grown together". Felt
Russia's readiness to reflect, weighed up and changed their plans. We decided to leave everything as it is - a lingering problem in relations between Ukraine and Russia. Instead of a burning fire - long embers, which they will continue to fan.

[Prisoner]

He came to Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia left. He came to Ukraine, Crimea left. There is an old anecdote about this. "The wife sits at the head of the bed of her dying husband. He says to her:
- Sarochka, do you remember when they took me into the army, you were with me?
- Yes, Izechka!
- Do you remember how I was fired from my job and then for several years I could not get a job, then you were with me?
- Of course, Izechka!
- Do you remember how I got hit by a car and was in the hospital for three years?
You were with me then.
Wife crying:
- Yes, my treasure! ...
- And now, when I die, you sit next to me.
The wife begins to cry ...
- So I thought - it's probably you bring me some misfortune! "(C)

[Vladimir Mashkov]

Quote: askort154

... it means that something has not "grown together" for them.

Maybe so. Or maybe they worked out the interaction with the satellites, adjusted the connection, tickled the nerves and checked the enemy's resistance, and even retired to direct the operation from afar.

[tralflot1832]

When this old woman born in 1969 (self-propelled barge, with 23 knots) speed finally sinks by itself, there are more associated reefs, Dropner wave into her side and the aircraft carrier across the course.

[prior]

And did not bring the cookies and put them back home.

Maybe he sailed to support Saakashvili, but changed his mind?

[Charik]

who needs this baby-ship to drive for it, so they would call and say

[tralflot1832]

You will liberate Mishiko here when there are fiery dances with daggers under the side, not daggers so covid.

[Split]

I remembered ... they were clearly watching Winnie the Pooh

[mojohed2012]

All these ships of democracy would sink in an instant if they started shelling our ships or shores - what a calculation? Stupidly on the formal "support of Svidomo nezalezhnosti that democracy" in favor of the United States.
We support you, and you go to the east, here is even a supply of weapons ... But you start and go. We need an excuse to close JV2 and build an iron curtain so that oil and gas are taken only in the USA and at supplier prices.

[Wedmak]

so that oil and gas are taken only in the United States and at supplier prices.

And to throw it nicely if the prices are not very pleasant. There is not enough gas in the EU, but American gas carriers go to Asia. But the promised caravans, endless to the horizon. And here's how ... the market said - freeze ESovtsy, in Asia you can sell at a higher price.
Strange, very strange actions of the Americans. As if they decided to quarrel with the whole world.

[APASUS]

We do not know what kind of tasks the USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) had, there is a large hold, maybe again the "humanitarian cargo" was brought

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

***
Fair wind!
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“And now the American ship has entered the Black Sea. We can quickly look at it through binoculars, or through the sight of the corresponding defense systems "...
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V.V.Putin
***

[Charik]

maybe he came to eavesdrop on what the GDP will tell at a meeting in Sochi

[Alexfly]

Let the worm go and leave? But...

[Cowbra]

Did the target float away? Well, okay, the plan for working out the goal has already been completed.

[rotmistr60]

"Exercise objectives completed"

The Allies were shown that the United States, uh, "keep their finger on the pulse", and most importantly, under the Russians' noses, they are conducting exercises, which is already valor for some "allies." Ukraine and Georgia were inspired to new "feats", they started dancing with joy (Georgians in Batumi when they met US ships). What else does the hegemon want. Now you can rest for a week, so that later, with renewed vigor, again for the old - to contain Russia. The burden of the hegemon is difficult.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Who are you chubaty, are you leaving? .. They so hoped and dreamed of taking away Crimea, Kuban, Caucasus and something else ...)

[Butchcassidy]

Isn't their flagship an aircraft carrier?

[Maxim Klabdii]

And if you, oh, the Party, ordered
Destroy enemies born of the power of darkness -
There is no such thing for us on the seas,
Which we would not have fulfilled!