Yesterday, Standing NATO Mine Counter Measure Group 2 (SNMCMG2) ended their 5 day visit to Casablanca, Morocco. The port visit was a part of an extensive Programme for the Group aimed at furthering and increasing cooperation and understanding between NATO and Morocco. SNMCMG-2 visited Tunisia and Algiers before arriving in Morocco. The visit will allow NATO units to... Continue Reading →
NATO On SNMCMG-2’s Visit To Algeria
As reported earlier, the SNMCMG-2 left Algeria the second stop during their tour of North African States on 24th February. NATO has released some photos and a short news report about that visit. Currently the task force should be in Casablanca, Morroco, but there are no official news about it. Welcomed into port on 21 February by Algerian... Continue Reading →
NATO Task Force Departed From Algeria
Today the NATO mine counter measures task force SNMCMG-2 has ended its 4 day port visit in Algeria. The next port of call for the task force will be Casablanca, Morroco. The Port Visit will last from 21to 24 February and forms part of an extensive Programme for the Group aimed at increasing cooperation and... Continue Reading →
NATO Task Force In Tunisia
As reported earlier this week the NATO’s Standing Mine Counter Measures Group 2 started a 5 day port visit in La Goulette, Tunisia on 9th February. The task force's commander Captain Abdülhamit Şener from Turkish Navy hosted a press conference for the Tunisian media on board of his flagship A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa. After conducting a training... Continue Reading →
NATO Minehunters Arrive In Tunisia
NATO's Standing Mine Counter Measures Group 2 will start a 5 day port visit in La Goulette, Tunisia today. Captain Abdulhamit Sener from the Turkish Navy is leading the SNMCMG2, and will also chair a press conference scheduled for Friday, February 10th, on board the flagship “Mehmetpasa.” The mission of this NATO group is to protect shipping lanes against the... Continue Reading →
Reader Riposte: Turkey’s 60th Anniversary Of NATO membership
The text below was send to me as a comment on one of my blog entries. I think it is important enough to have it's own entry: Dear all, On 18th February 2012, Turkey will commemorate its 60th anniversary of NATO membership. http://www.nato.int/turkiye60yil To mark this occasion, we have created a dedicated module in Turkish and a range... Continue Reading →
NATO And Russian Task Force Commanders Meet In Gulf Of Aden
According to a NATO press release, Rear Admiral Sinan Azmi Tosun, Commander of the NATO Counter Piracy Mission Operation Ocean Shield, visited the Commander of Russian Warship Detachment of Russian Pacific Fleet, Captain 1st Rank Ildar Ahmerov on board of his flagship Admiral Tributs in the Gulf of Aden. In addition to an exchange of briefings and a... Continue Reading →
Turkey Assumes Command Of NATO’s Counter Piracy Task Force
On 7th December 2011, Turkey took the command of the NATO's Anti Piracy Task Force TF-508 with a ceremony in Djibouti. Prior to this change of command NATO's other permanent naval task force SNMG-1 was making up the TF-508. For the next six months the ships of SNMG-2 will be the anti piracy task force. Currently SNMG-2... Continue Reading →
SNMG-2 Is Heading To Djibouti
According to NATO, SNMG-2 has passed through the Suez Canal some time between December 2nd and today and the task force consisting of Turkish flagship F-491 TCG Giresun and Italian frigate F-571 ITS Grecale is sailing to Djibouti to join Task Force 508. TCG GIRESUN, the new flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 recently... Continue Reading →
Romania Ratifies U.S. Missile Shield Agreement
According to Defence News, Romanian parliament ratified to host ballistic missile intercepting missiles on her soil as she has agreed before. The Romanian parliament ratified an accord to host U.S. missile interceptors on its soil on Dec. 6, a day before a meeting of the 28 NATO members in Brussels. The Senate unanimously adopted the... Continue Reading →
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