u.s.s. fort mchenry is a dock landing ship participating in 2019 the biggest nato naval military maneuver in this region for 3 decades the u.s.s. fort mchenry has been deployed for at least 6 months and january it was in the black sea and is now here in the baltics brazier been training for really long time 2022nd marine expeditionary unit. to exercise. it along great a very exciting. landing operations are planned on the coasts of estonia latvia and lithuania asked why these countries have been chosen tops representatives told d.w. this was standard procedure. will get the chance to see me and then because some operations will get launch of recovery and give me his craft and maybe conduct some flight operations as well so it sounds like it's going to be a good opportunity to work with other nations and see why exercise our own proficiency is while the ball tops exercises started in kiel germany 18 nations more than 8600 personnel 50 ships and 2 submarines are participating in the maneuvers these naval exercises are not directed against 3rd parties however russia's kaliningrad region is clos