{"id":11073,"date":"2022-08-17T21:47:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/17\/uss-bulkeley-arrives-in-rota-spain-completing-homeport-shift\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:29:21","slug":"uss-bulkeley-arrives-in-rota-spain-completing-homeport-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/08\/17\/uss-bulkeley-arrives-in-rota-spain-completing-homeport-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Bulkeley arrives in Rota, Spain, completing homeport shift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The guided-missile destroyer Bulkeley<\/a> pulled into Naval Station Rota in Spain on Wednesday as part of a homeport shift from Norfolk, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy has executed several homeport shifts this year as it seeks to rotate the destroyers based in Rota, and increase the destroyer fleet in Spain from four to six warships over the next several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Bulkeley crew has been working extremely hard the past year to prepare to join our forward deployed forces in Rota and work with our partners and allies in the region,\u201d said Capt. Mac Harkin, commanding officer of the Bulkeley, in a Navy news release. \u201cWe are excited to join our sister ship and aviation units already at the tip of the spear to assure our allies, respond to threats as required and ensure support to global operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t