Article: PATRIOT RETURNS TO SASEBO AFTER SOUTHEAST ASIA DEPLOYMENT

The U.S. Navy issued the following press release:

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam R. ColeTask Force 76 Public Affairs

USS Patriot (MCM 7), with embarked Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, Detachment (Det) 51, returned to her forward deployed home of Sasebo, Japan, July 23 after a three-month deployment in which the minesweeper enhanced maritime interoperability and bilateral relations with a number of Southeast Asian countries.

As part of Patriot's 10,000-mile journey, the ship participated in two mine countermeasures exercises in Thailand and Malaysia, Cobra Gold and Western Pacific Mine Countermeasures Exercise (WP-MCMEX) 2006, respectively, and made ...

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