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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Joshua Lewis relinquished command of U.S. Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Poland (AAMDS) to Cmdr. Derek Johnson in a ceremony in Slupsk, Poland, Tues., Dec. 17, 2019.

Personnel assigned to Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo and AAMDS participated in the ceremony held at the civilian Police Academy in the nearby town of Słupsk.

The Aegis Ashore site at Redzikowo is Phase III of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA). The first phase involved deploying Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)-capable Aegis ships and a deployed surveillance radar to Europe. The second phase deployed an Aegis Ashore site in Deveselu, Romania, which became operational in July of 2016.

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