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Teague Suarez, Naval Station Rota\u2019s commanding officer, said in a townhall earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This March, a team from Rota will head to Norfolk, Virginia where the Oscar Austin is currently based, to brief family members and help them understand what to expect upon arrival in Spain, Suarez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/06\/29\/two-more-navy-destroyers-will-be-homeported-in-rota-spain\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Porter-Black-Sea.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Two more Navy destroyers will be homeported in Rota, Spain<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy officials said those moves won&#039;t occur until fiscal year 2024 at the earliest.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe should probably start to see some of those families showing up late spring, early summer,\u201d Suarez said, noting that this will give the families time to settle in prior to the school year beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another ship, which Suarez didn\u2019t identify, will arrive in 2026, bringing Rota\u2019s destroyer fleet up to six ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They will join the destroyers Arleigh Burke, Roosevelt, Paul Ignatius and Bulkeley that are already in Rota as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/06\/20\/uss-paul-ignatius-completes-homeport-shift-following-inaugural-patrol-to-6th-fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forward Deployed Naval Force-Europe<\/a>. 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