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Weekly Update: September 23, 2020

USS Ross (DDG 71) executed a passing exercise (PASSEX) with Baltic navy partners on Sept. 19, 2020. Release at: https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display- news/Article/2358128/uss-ross-completes-passex-with-baltic-nato-partners/

USS Kidd (DDG 100) returned to their homeport of Naval Station Everett following the ship’s deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, September 21. Release at: https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/2354882/uss-kidd- completes-counternarcotics-deployment/

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group began air operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve from the Arabian Gulf Sept. 18. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press- Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2356246/nimitz-carrier-strike-group-supports-operation- inherent-resolve/

At the request of the National Interagency Fire Center and in support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, approximately 250 Marines and Sailors will assist wildland fire fighting response efforts in central California. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press- Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2355529/military-wildland-fire-ground-response-operation-in- california/

The Navy began releasing recently unclassified documents concerning the loss of the submarine USS Thresher (SSN 593) in 1963, fulfilling a February 2020 ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Sept. 23. https://www.navy.mil/Press- Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2358204/department-of-navy-releases-records- related-to-the-loss-of-uss-thresher/

Cases Hospitalized Recovered Deaths Cumulative Total COVID Cases* MIL 742 6 9,187 1 9,930 CIV 336 6 2,116 15 2,643 DEP 100 0 969 0 1,069 CTR 131 2 958 10 1,099 TOTAL 1,309 14 13,230 26 14,741

*Active Cases + Recovered + Deaths = Cumulative Total COVID Cases

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