The Pic of the Day: Kearsarge Conducts Operations in the Baltic Sea

220904-N-MZ836-1348 BALTIC SEA (Sep. 4, 2022) From left, the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F331), the U.S. Navy San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), the Norwegian replenishment oiler HNoMS Maud (A530), the U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), the Portuguese Vasco Da Gama-class frigate NRP Corte-Real (F332), the Royal Netherlands Navy multi-mission support ship HNLMS Karel Doorman (A 833), the U.S. Navy Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), sail in formation during a maneuvering exercise Sep. 4, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.