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USS Gunston Hall Returns Home Following Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024

Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet

April 17, 2024 | 0:53

USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), returned from supporting the largest NATO exercise in decades, Steadfast Defender 2024. During Steadfast Defender, Gunston Hall operated alongside Italian amphibious ships and a French Frigate. Gunston Hall carried out high-end amphibious operations with embarked French, Finnish and Swedish forces, all while under an Italian Amphibious Task Force, operating in Norwegian waters in the High North. The ship and crew demonstrated U.S. steadfast commitment to NATO and the U.S. Navy’s ability to integrate with Allied forces. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anderson W. Branch)