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USS Donald Cook Assists in Search and Rescue (07/23/2007)

TRANSCRIPT FROM ALL HANDS RADIO NEWS JULY 20, 2007

USS DONALD COOK TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED EXERCISE SEA BREEZE 2007, TO ASSIST IN A SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION IN THE BLACK SEA, TUESDAY.

A CREWMEMBER FROM THE LIBERIAN MERCHANT VESSEL BARENTS BAY FELL OVERBOARD APPROXIMATELY 54 MILES OFF THE COAST OF ROMANIA.

THE MARITIME RESCUE CENTER IN ROMANIA DESIGNATED DONALD COOK AS THE ON-SCENE COORDINATOR OF THE SEARCH.

DONALD COOK ORDERED A PORTION OF SHIPS FROM THE SUSPENDED MULTINATIONAL NAVAL EXERCISE TO ASSIST IN THE SEARCH.

REGRETTABLY, THE CREWMEMBER WAS NOT RECOVERED.

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6th Fleet Addresses Crowd on USS Donald Cook (07/23/2007)

070712-N-7434C-049 ODESSA, Ukraine (July 12, 2007) - Vice Adm. John Stufflebeem, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, addresses the crowd during his opening remarks at a reception aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75). Donald Cook is participating in exercise Sea Breeze 2007, a two-week joint invitational and combined maritime exercise held annually in the Black Sea and at various land-based Ukrainian training facilities with the goals of enhancing multinational interoperability, developing Black Sea-nation maritime security capabilities, and improving involvement in Navy Europe’s larger Black Sea Theater Security Cooperation strategy.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Campbell (RELEASED)