Busy NATO Deployment for FS Croix du Sud
From November 7 to December 16, 2022, the Croix du Sud tripartite minehunter (CMT) was integrated into NATO’s Brilliant Shield mission in the Baltic Sea, within the NATO mine warfare…
New NATO Strategic Direction for New Innovation Accelerator
On 12 December 2022, the Board of Directors of NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) agreed that energy resilience, secure information sharing and sensing and surveillance will…
USS James E Williams Takes Over as SNMG2 Flagship
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) transferred its flagship as scheduled from U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) to U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer…
Three Bundesmarine Ships Home for Christmas
After participating in NATO’s operational units, the “Mosel”, “Sulzbach-Rosenberg” and “Spessart” returned at the beginning of December. Return to their home port in time for the holidays. The crews left…
USS James E Williams to Become SNMG2 Flagship
USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) departed on deployment, December 2, 2022. During the deployment, James E. Williams will serve as the flagship for Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2)…
ITS Andrea Doria Relieves Alpino in SNMG2
From 2 to 25 November 2022, in fact, the ALPINO frigate of the Navy – Unit of the “Bergamini” Class with peculiar Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities – was aggregated to…
NATO Allies and Partners Discuss Maritime Security
On 21 November 2022, the NATO Military Committee invited Partner Military Representatives from Australia, Colombia, Finland, Republic of Korea, Morocco, Qatar and Sweden, to a thematic discussion on Maritime Security…
Royal Navy Vice Admiral Appointed NATO Commander
The Royal Navy’s Vice Admiral Keith Blount is to be appointed NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), demonstrating the UK’s continued leadership in the Alliance. For the past three…
Five Allied Carrier Strike Groups Patrol NATO Waters
Five Allied aircraft carriers will be operating in the Atlantic Ocean and the North and Mediterranean Seas in November, as part of their regularly scheduled activities. This occurrence presents an…
FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Returns From NATO Mission
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 9.30 a.m., the frigate “Mecklenburg-Vorpommern” returned to Wilhelmshaven from a NATO mission. With our return to Wilhelmshaven, our second mission this year comes to…