Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, left, visits Naval Station Rota, Spain, Aug. 17, 2022, to greet the destroyer USS Bulkeley as it arrives in port. (Amanda Gray/U.S. Navy) ...

Capt. Charles Chmielak, the new commanding officer of Naval Station Rota, Spain, gives remarks during the installation's change of command ceremony on June 12, 2025. (Drace Wilson/U.S. Navy) ...

VANCOUVER – U.S. Navy sailors serve and protect from around the globe. Alysa Stratman of Vancouver is the center operations manager at United Service Organizations (USO) Rota, a city and naval ...

Two more Navy destroyers will be homeported in Rota, Spain. ... grow its destroyer fleet at Naval Station Rota, Spain, ... NATO’s Integrated Air Missile Defense architecture in Rota, the Navy said.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) departs Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 1, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo This story has been updated with additional information ...

Service members and civilians assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Activities Spain stand at attention during the annual flag raising ceremony on July 2, 2014, at Naval Station Rota, Spain. While ...