The guided-missile destroyer is now part of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces–Europe.
The homeport change comes as the service aims to bolster its destroyer fleet in Spain from four to six warships in the next several years.
Seaman Recruit David L. Spearman, originally from North Carolina, joined the Arleigh Burke in April.
The destroyer will back NATO’s Integrated Air Missile Defense architecture in Rota, the Navy said.
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