Crete Naval Base

The giant nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, is expected to arrive in Souda in Crete on Saturday.

America's youngest and biggest aircraft carrier has made an imposing sight after dropping anchor in Athens' Faliro Bay near the Port of Piraeus, en route to Souda Bay on Crete from the Adriatic and Ionian seas, on Thursday.

It docked at Souda Naval base

Greece has hit the button to actualize 13 military projects worth some 800 million euros, including the enlargement of a navy base in the Souda Bay of the island of Crete that will cost around 190 million euros.

The British carrier will possibly anchor at Souda Bay & Piraeus

Special forces from Greece, Cyprus and the United States are holding a joint exercise in the sea area off the naval base at Souda Bay on the southern Greek island of Crete, state-run Athens-Macedonia news agency (ANA-MPA) reports.

According to the same report, the trilateral drill is designed to enhance cooperation and interoperability between the forces.

The United States and Greece are working together in the Eastern Mediterranean to expand regional cooperation, including through the "3+1" grouping with Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, the State Department said on Friday, as its head Mike Pompeo started his two-day visit to Athens.

The largest ever anti-terror exercise in Greece starts today and will last until December 7.

Held in Crete, in the ports of Souda and Iraklio, the exercise, codenamed "Jackal Stone," is the annual exercise of the US Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) which will include special forces from the Greek police and Coast Guard.

The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) has welcomed a 47.85 million dollar investment for improvements to the facilities at the US naval base at Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete, describing it as a "further indication of increased defense cooperation between the United States and Greece."

The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier arrived at the US naval base in Souda Bay on Crete on Wednesday in order to refuel and for its crew to rest.

The nuclear-powered Nimitz-class carrier will remain at Souda until May 28.

At 333 meters, it is almost as long as the Empire State Building is tall - a city on the water for its 5,000-member crew.