ITS Carlo Margottini Returns to La Spezia From NATO Deployment
On 15 March 2023, ITS Carlo Margottini returned to the Naval Station of La Spezia at the end of an intense 2-month activity carried out plowing the waters of the…
First NATO Eastern Mediterranean Sea Guardian Patrols for 2023
NATO’s Operation Sea Guardian (OSG) Task Group, led by Turkish flagship TCG Kemalreis, has completed a focused maritime security patrol in the Eastern Mediterranean. The three-week deployment was the first…
SNMG2 Strengthens Ties in Montenegro
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) concluded a port visit in Bar on Jan. 28. SNMG2 entered the Port of Bar on Jan. 24 with its flagship, U.S. Navy destroyer…
NATO’s SNMG2 Strengthens Ties in Montenegro
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) concluded a port visit in Bar on Jan. 28. SNMG2 entered the Port of Bar on Jan. 24 with its flagship, U.S. Navy destroyer…
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…
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 Demonstrates Maritime Electronic Warfare Capability
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) participated in the semi-annual NATO exercise Dynamic Guard 22-2 in the Gulf of Taranto off the coast of Southern Italy Nov. 20-25. Dynamic Guard…
FGS Bonn Returns From Six Month Deployment
On Friday, November 11, 2022 at 9 a.m., the task force supply ship “Bonn” returned to Heppenser Groden naval base in Wilhelmshaven. After almost six months in action in the…
NATO’s SNMG2 Trains With USS George HW Bush
Ships from the Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) fulfilled security duties known as “screen defense”, for the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to aircraft carrier USS George…