NATO Critical Undersea Infrastructure Network
Leading experts from across the Alliance met at NATO Headquarters on Thursday (23 May 2024) for the first meeting of NATO’s new Critical Undersea Infrastructure Network. With rising challenges to…
Chiefs Discuss Strengthening NATO’s Defense Plans
On 16 May, the NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session took place at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The 32 Allied Chiefs of Defence focused on the executability of…
MCM Exercise Open Spirit 24 Concludes
The international mine countermeasure operation Open Spirit 24, which lasted almost two weeks, ended today, during which the navies of Estonia and allied countries found 40 historical explosive devices in…
FS Andromede Returns From NATO Deployment
On 30 March, the tripartite minehunter (CMT) Andromeda returned to her homeport of Brest, closing its North Atlantic deployment. In two months of mission, the CMT crew will have covered…
USS Gunston Hall Home After Steadfast Defender 2024
The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) returned home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, April 11, following Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades.…
HS Ritso & FGS Gromitz Conduct PASSEX With SNMG2
On Saturday, March 23, 2024, a PASSEX (Passing Exercise) of the Fast Guided Missile Patrol Ritsos was conducted with the German Minesweeper FGS Gromitz of the Standing NATO Maritime Group…
NATO Standing Naval Force on a Visit to Stockholm
On Tuesday, five warships from NATO’s standing force, Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, were piloted into Frihamnen. The visit will be the first of its kind with Sweden as an…
Task Force North Amphibious Landings
Commander Task Force North led complex amphibious operations requiring precise planning, coordination, and execution across nine NATO nations during the culminating maritime event of Steadfast Defender 24, Alta, Norway, March…
NATO Dynamic Manta 2024 exercise kicks off
The Dynamic Manta 2024 exercise started yesterday, February 26. Until 8 March, the training activity called Dynamic Manta will take place in the central Mediterranean area, which, since 2013, has…
SNMG2 (VJTF) Flagships Visits Aksaz, Turkey
During patrols of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) made a scheduled port stop in the Turkish port of Aksaz. The Commander of SNMG2, Italian Navy…