Keywords: US Navy 030608-N-4374S-014 German Navy ship FGS Lubeck (F 214) and Russian Navy ship RFS Nastoychivyy.jpg en Baltic Sea Jun 9 2003 -- German Navy ship FGS Lubeck F 214 and Russian Navy ship RFS Nastoychivyy sail in formation behind the U S Navy s Aegis cruiser USS Vella Gulf CG 72 during exercise Baltic Operations BALTOPS 2003 The United States and 12 other nations are participating in this year's exercise BALTOPS 2003 is intended to improve interoperability between allies and Partnership for Peace countries by conducting a peace support operation at sea including exercises in gunnery replenishment-at-sea undersea warfare radar tracking mine countermeasures seamanship search and rescue maritime interdiction operations and scenarios dealing with potentially real world crises U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg RELEASED 2003-06-09 030608-N-4374S-014 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 7989 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg PD-USGov-Military-Navy F214 Lübeck ship 1990 BALTOPS 2003 Aboard USS Vella Gulf CG-72 Bundeswehr in 2003 Nastoychivyy ship 1988 |