Swedish armed forces Maj. Edda Martensson delivers a weather report to the upper chain of command onboard USS Mount Whitney in support of Baltic Operations exercise 2009. When Martensson is not supporting joint naval operations, she is the weather forecaster for two national TV channels, the Swedish equivalent to America's Public Broadcasting System. This is the 37th Iteration of BALTOPS and is intended to improve interoperability with partner countries by conducting realistic training at sea with the 12 participating nations. Mount Whitney, home ported in Gaeta, Italy, is the flagship for Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet and routinely operates throughout the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of responsibility with a hybrid crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civilian mariners.