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Naval Station Rota

Naval Station Rota, also known as NAVSTA Rota (IATA: ROZ, ICAO: LERT) (Spanish: Base Naval de Rota), is a Spanish-U.S. naval base commanded by a Spanish rear admiral.[2] Located in Rota in the Province of Cádiz, NAVSTA Rota is the largest American military community in Spain, housing U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps personnel. There are also small U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force contingents on the base.

Naval Station Rota

36°37′15″N 6°19′54″W / 36.620763°N 6.331558°W / 36.620763; -6.331558

Joint Spanish Navy and US Navy port and airbase

Spanish Ministry of Defence

Operational

Official website

1953 (1953)

1953 – present

IATA: ROZ, ICAO: LERT, WMO: 084490

26 metres (85 ft) AMSL

Destroyer Squadron 60

USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)

Mobile Unit Eight

United States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven Nine () "Griffins", Flying the Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk[19]

HSM-79

USS Ross Conducting Naval Operations

USS Ross Conducting Naval Operations

Galicia-class Castilla of the Spanish Navy based at Rota

Galicia-class Castilla of the Spanish Navy based at Rota

(VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson, center, meets with Spanish navy Vice Adm. Juan Rodriguez-Garat, left, and Spanish navy Rear Adm. Juan Ruiz-Casas at Naval Station Rota

(VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson, center, meets with Spanish navy Vice Adm. Juan Rodriguez-Garat, left, and Spanish navy Rear Adm. Juan Ruiz-Casas at Naval Station Rota

The USMC's 26th MEU at Naval Station Rota (USS Kearsarge)

The USMC's 26th MEU at Naval Station Rota (USS Kearsarge)

U.S. President Barack Obama during his official visit to Naval Station Rota in 2016.

U.S. President Barack Obama during his official visit to Naval Station Rota in 2016.

US Naval Advance Bases

Morón Air Base

(in Spanish)

Base Naval de Rota. Spanish Navy Website

U.S. Naval Station Rota, Spain website

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