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A Royal Navy Lynx HMA.8 (Anti-Submarine/Anti-Ship) helicopter, 702 Squadron, Yeovilton, United Kingdom (UK), flies near the US Sixth Fleet flagship Blue Ridge Class Amphibious Command Ship USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) on the Mediterranean Sea during Exercise DESTINED GLORY (Loyal Midas) 2005. The exercise is a medium-scale NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) amphibious live exercise designed to certify selected NATO units and assigned forces. US participation is to enhance the training for NATO partners, provide training for US forces and to show US commitment

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Timm Duckworth, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho More

The Sixth Fleet flagship Blue Ridge Class Amphibious Command Ship USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) underway in the Mediterranean Sea during Exercise DESTINED GLORY (Loyal Midas) 2005. The exercise is a medium-scale NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) amphibious live exercise designed to certify selected NATO units and assigned forces. US participation is to enhance the training for NATO partners, provide training for US forces and to show US commitment

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Timm Duckworth, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho More

The US Sixth Fleet flagship US Navy (USN) Blue Ridge Class Amphibious Command Ship USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) leads a (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Response Force off the Italian coast of Sardinia during Exercise DESTINED GLORY (Loyal Midas) 2005. The WHITNEY is flanked by the Turkish Navy Tepe (Knox) Class Frigate TCG (Republic of Turkey Ship) MUAVENET (F 250) (foreground) and Hellenic Navy (Greece) Elle (Kortenaer) Class HS (Hellenic Ship) LIMNOS (F 451) (background). The exercise is a medium-scale (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) amphibious live exercise designed to certify selected units and assigned forces. US participation is to enhance the training for...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: The US Sixth Fleet flagship US Navy (USN) Blue Ridge Class Amphibious Command Ship USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) leads a NATO (Nort More