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        11 April 2024    

                    USS Gunston Hall Returns Home After NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024                 
                The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) returned home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, April 11, following Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades.             

        13 February 2024    

                    U.S. 2nd Fleet forward deploys for Steadfast Defender 2024                 
                A contingent of more than 100 U.S. 2nd Fleet and Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2 personnel are forward deployed to Bodø, Norway to establish a maritime command element, Commander Task Force North (CTF-N), in support of the NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2024.            

        08 February 2024    

                    USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) arrives in Portsmouth ahead of Steadfast Defender                 
                USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44), a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship arrived in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Feb. 8, 2024 for a scheduled port visit prior to their participation in Exercise Steadfast Defender 24.             

        13 October 2022    

                    Kearsarge ARG Returns after Deployment in the High North and Baltic Sea                 
                NORFOLK, Va. - Sailors and Marines assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) returned home to Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia after completing a seven-month deployment in the Sixth Fleet area of operations, Oct. 13.            

        08 July 2022    

                    USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) arrives in Copenhagen, Denmark for mid-deployment voyage repair                 
                The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and embarked Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 8, 2022, to complete a scheduled maintenance availability and to strengthen relations with a key NATO ally.            

        19 April 2022    

                    USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) Arrives in Narvik, Norway                 
                The Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Narvik, Norway for a scheduled port visit to enhance U.S.-Norway relations and build NATO Alliance cohesion,            

        06 February 2011    

                    Bold Alligator 2012 Tests Navy/Marine Ability to Execute and Control Long Range Sea to Shore Raid                 
                More than 150 Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) embarked with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group will conduct a simulated air-toground assault raid against targets at Fort Pickett, Va., Feb. 7, as part of Bold Alligator 2012.            

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