On 22–23 January, she was in port in Haifa, Israel for post-exercise debriefs, before leaving for a US Navy/NATO Combined Air Defense Exercise.

On 29 March, Vice Admiral W. A. Owens, Commander, United States Sixth Fleet, embarked with a 28-man Army, Navy, and Air Force Staff including Brigadier General James Mathers (Commanding General, Operation Provide Comfort) at Haifa for the first Joint Task Force Operation at sea in the European Theater, Exercise Juniper Falconry II.

From 24 to 26 April 1993, Monterey participated in ASW Proficiency Training as a part of COMPTUEX, the first major exercise the America Joint Task Group (JTG) in preparation for MED 3–93.

In May and June, Monterey conducted port visits to Nassau, Bahamas and Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico.

Monterey visited Nassau from 9–12 May as a wrap-up to COMPTUEX and NSRR from 31 May to 3 June prior to a missile exercise with the German Navy.

September 1993 was the first time that Monterey served as the Adriatic Cruiser in support of United Nations Resolutions in Operations Sharp Guard, Deny Flight, and Provide Promise.

After a training anchorage in Izmir from 16 to 22 September, Monterey prepared for Exercise Dynamic Guard, hosted by the Turkish Navy.

From 22 September to 4 October, she participated in amphibious, anti-air, anti-surface, anti-subsurface, and mine warfare events.

Upon completion of Dynamic Guard, Monterey departed for the Adriatic Sea for carrier escort duty with America from 6–13 October.

During this period, she hosted the Engineering Training Group from Staten Island, New York, in preparation for the next year's Operational Propulsion Plant Examination.

[6] On 4 March 2009, Monterey assisted in the first German Navy arrest of pirates (9 in all) off the coast of the Horn of Africa.

On 14 April 2018, Monterey launched thirty Tomahawk missiles from a position in the Red Sea as part of a bombing campaign in retaliation for the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons against people in Douma.

[11] In May 2021, Monterey intercepted a stateless dhow in the North Arabian Sea and seized an illegal shipment of thousands of small arms, including Type 56 rifles, PKM machine guns, Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, rocket-propelled grenades, and sniper rifles.

[12] On 13 August 2021 the Monterey visited the Berenice Naval Base in Egypt as part of US-Egyptian military maritime cooperation and hosted Admiral Ahmed Khaled Hassan Saeed.