On July 11, 2026, The Turkish Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced a successful firing of the AKYA heavyweight torpedo in the Eastern Mediterranean during
The two mine countermeasures vessels that Italy is forward-deploying in the Middle East area to participate to the international coalition to make the Strait of
NATO is continuing to integrate assets across the operational domains, and to work with maritime operations centres (MOCs) across the Baltic Sea region…
The Mare Aperto 2024, the largest exercise ever planned and conducted by the Italian Navy Fleet Command, kicked off today.
The Italian Navy and Air Force assets participate in the NATO-led Neptune Strike 2022 from 24 Jan to 7 Feb 2022 in the central Mediterranean.
Over 2,000 forces and 30 ships are taking part in exercise Breeze 2021 in the Black Sea. The Bulgarian-led maritime exercise, which began on 12 July and wraps up today (19 July), involves forces from 14 NATO Allies and partners – Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) and Standing Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) have been working together during their patrol in the Mediterranean Sea 4-14 June 2021.
In a ceremony held remotely by video teleconference due to COVID-19 measures, Captain Yusuf Karagulle (Turkish Navy) handed over the command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) to Commander Gregory Guiran (French Navy) on Friday, 23 April 2021.
A US Navy Admiral has assumed command of NATO’s Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 1, taking over from a Royal Danish Navy Commodore.
