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NATO Maritime Groups Train with Finland and Sweden

May 5, 2022 admin

Ships from Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) and Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) are currently in the Baltic Sea to exercise and conduct port visits in Finland and Sweden. From 25 to 27 April, SNMCMG1 stopped in Turku, Finland, and practiced mine countermeasures with their Finnish counterparts. Led by Estonian Navy Commander Ott Laanemets, SNMCMG1 comprises flagship…

FGS Spessart Deploying for SNMG2 in the Mediterranean

September 3, 2021 admin

On Monday, September 6, 2021 at 10 a.m., the fuel tanker “Spessart” of the Rhön class will leave the naval port of Kiel to join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) in the Aegean. Once in the operational area, the civilian fleet tanker will support the “Schleswig-Holstein” frigate, which had already set out for the Mediterranean in mid-August.…

SNMG1 Participates in Norwegian Exercise TG 21-1

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 admin

November 19, 2021 – From February 8-19, 2021, Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1), took part in Task Group 21-1 (TG 21-1), an annual maritime exercise conducted by the Royal Norwegian Navy in the waters and fjords off the coast of Bergen, Norway. TG 21-1 supported the training and qualification of NATO future submarine commanders while enhancing the surface and…