Having concluded a successful port visit, Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) got underway on July 22 from Palma de Mallorca to support NATO’s Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR. The Group’s flagship German frigate FGS HAMBURG was joined in Palma by the Canadian frigate HMCS WINNIPEG, the Spanish friga
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, on July 22, 2015, to begin her third forward-deployed patrol in support of ballistic missile defense of Europe and demonstrate the U.S. commitment to collective defense of allies and partner
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) departed Klaipėda, Lithuania July 20, 2015, after a three-day scheduled port visit. Jason Dunham’s visit to Klaipėda demonstrated to regional partners and NATO allies that the U.S. Navy shares a commitment to strengthening t
The Spanish Navy’s frigate ‘Santa María’ (F-81), along with the AOR ‘Cantabria’, recently deployed from Rota Naval Base towards Majorca where they joined the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2). As of July 17th, the SNMG-2 is made up of the German frigate ‘Hamburg’, the US Navy destroyer ‘Donald
US Navy’s USS Ross (DDG 71) returned to Naval Station Rota, July 20, 2015, after completing its second forward deployed patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, Departed March 18, 2015, and performed mari
U.S. 6th Fleet’s operational logistics arm – Commander, Task Force 63 – was selected as the 2014 recipient of the prestigious Admiral Stan Arthur logistics award for “logistics team of the year,” according to a notification released by the Chief of Naval Operations July 14, 2015. The award recognize
Ships assigned to Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) arrived in Constanta, Romania for a scheduled port visit on July 17, ahead of their participation in the Romanian Navy-led Exercise SEA SHIELD 2015, during the Group’s deployment to the Black Sea. Led by Rear Admiral Alberto Correia (Portugu
The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) departed the Black Sea on July 17, 2015, after a series of engagements that promoted peace and stability in the region. Porter’s operations in the Black Sea reaffirmed U.S. commitment toward the region and increased joint operation
On Wednesday 15 July Major General Martin Smith MBE welcomed Ambassadors from European Union countries to the EU Naval Force HQ in London. The Ambassadors were given an update on ‘Atalanta’, the code name for the European Union’s counter-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia. With warships and m
Over the weekend, NATO Allied Maritime Command’s Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Giorgio Lazio met with Bulgarian and Romanian military leadership in the framework of MARCOM periodic engagements with the maritime forces of the Allied nations bordering the Black Sea, and to contribute in profiling NATO’
Today, the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG 2), the German frigate FGS HAMBURG, entered the port of Palma de Mallorca for a routine port visit, during which additional ships from other nations will join the Group and make final preparations for deployment. Since the change of comma
Spanish Navy’s offshore patrol vessel (OPV) Alborán, has just returned to her home port in Cartagena after participating in the fisheries surveillance campaign in national and international waters of the Atlantic Ocean. An inspector from the Fisheries Secretariat embarked to monitor, provide support
The Spanish Navy auxiliary oiler and replenishment (AOR) ship ‘Cantabria’ has set sail from Ferrol (NW Spain) to integrate into the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2). The ‘Cantabria’ will deploy for 45 days until the end of August participating in the international counter-terrorist operation
After being deployed as part of the Operation Atalanta for almost four months, French Navy’s Offshore Patrol Ship L’Adroit returned home to Toulon on July 3. During its deployment, the vessel took part in the anti-piracy operation, conducting several intelligence operations off the coast of Somalia.
