Whereas SNMG2’s flagship USS James E. Williams patrolled the Japanese Mediterranean Sea conducting vigilance and surveillance actions, HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) and ITS Thaon Di Revel (P 430) took half in Train Mare Aperto 23-1, hosted by the Italian Navy within the Tyrrhenian and Central Mediterranean Seas.
USS James E. Williams transitioned from surveillance to a key position in Train Noble Soar 23, together with ITS Alpino (F 594) within the Ionian and Adriatic Seas from 8-11 Might. The train, sponsored by Joint Power Command Naples, was designed to check models’ capacity to plan and conduct a deployment to a contested space underneath peacetime situations.
On the finish of the train, SNMG2’s flagship made a three-day port go to to Cagliari.
“Our capacity to disaggregate the duty group and fulfill a number of necessities directly speaks to the versatile and interoperable method by which we function,” stated Commander SNMG2, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Scott Sciretta. “Our models had been capable of practice and enhance readiness for future crises, whereas concurrently sustaining the safety of the strategic maritime area and projecting a continuing and visual reminder of the Alliance’s solidarity and cohesion afloat. That’s the energy of the NATO Alliance.”
As a NATO job group, SNMG2 prioritises its mandate to reinforce the collective readiness, responsiveness, deployable readiness, integration and interoperability of its forces. Its focus is on deterrence and protection in opposition to all adversaries within the maritime area, upholding freedom of navigation, securing maritime commerce routes and defending the principle traces of communication.
SNMG2 is a multinational built-in job group that performs a variety of duties, together with workouts and real-world operations in durations of disaster and battle.
SNMG2 is one in all 4 Standing Naval Forces that function underneath NATO Allied Maritime Command, headquartered in Northwood, United Kingdom.
