Standing NATO Maritime Mine Counter Group 2 ended her visit to in Patras, Greece on 30th October 2012. It seems that the Public Relations Officer responsible for SNMCMG-2 has gone AWOL. The latest news on the official website is from July 2012. But wait. It get's better. The photo of TCG Ayvalık on the Force Composition page shows an entirely different class of Turkish... Continue Reading →
According to NATO, the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) ended its participation in Italian Minex 12, an annual exercise directed by the Italian Navy MCM Forces Command The Exercise Started on 14th May and ended on 28th May, involved 14 naval units from Italy and SNMCMG2 as well as bomb-disposal specialists from... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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'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 →
Turkish warship A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa replaced A-579 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa as the flagship of Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2, on 23rd January 2012. The Turkish Captain Abdulhamit Şener is commanding this task force. Actually both ships are more or less same. They were originally built for the German Navy as... Continue Reading →
Between 20th and 30th November 2011 The Turkish Navy will host the Nusret 2011 Exercise. This is an annual exercise to hone mine hunting skills of the participants. This years exercise area is Bay of Saros just west of the Gelibolu peninsula which is a very appropriate place for a mine warfare exercise. The list of the... Continue Reading →
On 7 July 2011, Captain Adbulhamit Şener, Turkish Navy, relieved Captain Georgios Pelekanakis, Greek Navy, as Commander of the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2). According to NATO, during 2010, SNMCMG2 has seen the participation of 19 ships from five contributing nations. The Group sailed 15,000 nautical miles, training and operating as a... Continue Reading →
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