US Navy amphibious assault ship arrives in Finland

7 August 2022

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050917-N-5313A-036 Atlantic Ocean (Sept 17, 2005) - The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducts steering manuevers in the Atlantic Ocean. Kearsarge is on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman (Air Warfare) Sarah E. Ard (RELEASED) (Released by USS Kearsarge PAO)

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, (LHD 3), flagship of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Helsinki, Finland for a scheduled port visit, August 5, 2022.

The ARG-MEU is operating in the Baltic Sea to strengthen relationships with NATO allies and partners while conducting combined training and theater-security cooperation engagements. This marks the first time the ARG-MEU has fully aggregated in the Baltic during their current deployment.

Amphibious ready groups and larger amphibious task forces provide military commanders a wide range of flexible capabilities including maritime security operations, expeditionary power projection, strike operations, forward naval presence, crisis response, sea control, deterrence, counter-terrorism, information operations, security cooperation and counter-proliferation, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

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