Ribbon Cutting Marks Opening of RMC Detachment in Rota
Navy News Service
Story Number: NNS131212-13
Release Date: 12/12/2013 3:33:00 PM
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Travis Alston, Naval Station Rota, Spain Public Affairs
ROTA, Spain (NNS) -- Naval Station Rota marked the opening of a regional maintenance center (RMC) detachment with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dec. 10.
The ribbon-cutting concluded a six-day mock availability that provided the U.S. Navy's surface ship maintenance community an opportunity to test the processes, communications and systems that will sustain four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers being forward deployed to the base beginning in February 2014.
'The establishment of Rota's detachment underscores the importance of the [chief of naval operations'] tenet, to operate forward,' said Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command Vice Adm. William Hilarides. 'I am extremely impressed by the cooperation and teamwork between the U.S. and Spain. I spoke with a few individuals before the ribbon cutting ceremony, and there was a common trait of each conversation; hard work and dedication. I have complete confidence in the success of forward deployed naval forces (FDNF) in Rota.'
The RMC detachment is part of base preparations that have been underway since the FDNF Rota announcement in 2011. The detachment, which is scheduled to be fully functional by January 2014, will oversee industrial engineering and contractor services for the maintenance and modernization of four destroyers.
FDNF Rota is part of President Barack Obama's direction to provide ballistic missile defense capabilities as part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach. The approach is to be implemented in four phases between 2011 and 2020 to defend Europe against ballistic missile threats.
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