Midshipman 1ST Class Michael Nelms serves as an interpreter for U.S. sailors from the USS DEYO (DD-989) visiting the Russian navy Krivak I class frigate BDITELNY while taking part in an exchange of observers and crewmen during exercise BALTOPS '93. For the first time in the 22-year history of BALTOPS, the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were invited to participate in the non-military phases of the exercise. DEYO is serving as flagship for the exercise commander
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93
Country: Baltic Sea
Scene Camera Operator: CMDR. Nathan Jones
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/06/1993
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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