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The Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) and USS Porter (DDG 78) participated in multilateral exercises with Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 1 and 2, respectively, Oct. 27-29. In the Baltic Sea, Arleigh Burke joined SNMG 1 to conduct presence operations and demonstrate NATO interoperability in the Baltic region, Oct. 29. SNMG 1 consists of Canadian…
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Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, Task Unit 02 (SNMG2 TU02) ships are participating in the Italian-led joint, maritime-focused exercise Mare Aperto 2021. Mare Aperto 2021 is an Italian exercise open to allied and NATO countries with the aim of enhancing the participating assets’ combat readiness. Mare Aperto 2021 is taking place in the waters of the Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea,…
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On Friday September 3, 2021, the tripartite mine hunter (CMT) Lyre set sail from Toulon for a mission of several weeks in the Adriatic Sea. This deployment marks the return to operation of this vessel used for mine hunting, after a period of technical unavailability in the first half of 2021. After a period of intense training at the dock…
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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.…
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The Virginio Fasan frigate, under the command of the Frigate Captain Emiliano MAGNALARDO , flag unit of the Commander of the Standing Born Maritime Group 2(SNMG2), Rear Admiral Stefano RUSSO , who left La Spezia on 26 June last, arrived in Taranto on 07 August for a short period of reconditioning (the so-called Summer dispersal) at the end of the…
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On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 10 o’clock, the motto for the frigate “Schleswig-Holstein” and its crew is “cast off”. She is leaving her home port of Wilhelmshaven to join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). When it arrives in the Aegean Sea, it will take over from the “Lübeck” frigate, which will then begin its journey home…
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Over 2,000 personnel and 30 ships are taking part in exercise Breeze 2021 in the Black Sea. The Bulgarian-led maritime exercise, which began on 12 July and wraps up today (19 July), involves forces from 14 NATO Allies and partners – Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States. The…
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(Google Translation) – Since February 2016, NATO has been helping to improve the exchange of information between the Greek and Turkish coast guards and the EU border protection agency Frontex European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Aegean Sea. This is necessary in order to optimize the action taken by the national authorities against smugglers and their networks. For…
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May 10, 2021 (Google Translation) – On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 10 a.m., the frigate “Lübeck” will leave its home port Wilhelmshaven to join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). When it arrives in the Aegean Sea, it will replace the “Werra” tender, which will then begin its journey home to Kiel. “Against the background of the…
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April 19, 2020 (Google Translation) – The tender “Werra” is the flagship of the NATO support mission in the Aegean Sea. The main tasks of the embarked multinational staff around Commander Captain Thomas Hacken are to create a comprehensive picture of the situation and to monitor the sea area. The tasks of the tender and the units of the NATO…
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