
The Navy announced Tuesday it plans to rotate out the four destroyers currently based in Spain with newer ships and add a helicopter squadron. Four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers have served as Forward Deployed Naval Force-Europe (FDNF-E) ships in Rota, Spain since 2014-2015. They consist of the USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), USS Ross (DDG-71), USS Porter (DDG-78), and USS Carney (DDG-64). These ships will be rotated out in a staggered way, with the first rotation with new ships set to start…