SNMG2 entered Naval Station Rota, Spain on Thursday, with its flagship, USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) for the primary time for the reason that scheduled flagship turnover from the USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98.) Whereas in Rota, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Scott Sciretta, SNMG2 Commander, engaged with senior NATO and Spanish Navy management to debate future alternatives for maritime operations in addition to train preparations. Moreover, he hosted a press convention with native Spanish media.
FLOTEX-23 is a Spanish Navy-led maritime train designed to supply joint warfare interoperability coaching in a Disaster Response Operation. It demonstrates the Spanish Navy’s dedication to NATO. All NATO nations are invited to take part. The train supplies Allies the chance to check and improve their cohesion and interoperability as a way to enhance their capability to discourage and defend if essential. SNMG2 is scheduled to take part in FLOTEX-23 from early to mid-June.
As a NATO job group, SNMG2 prioritizes 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 tasks a relentless and visual reminder of the Alliance’s solidarity and cohesion afloat. This steady maritime functionality performs a variety of duties, together with workout routines and real-world operations in durations of disaster and battle.
SNMG2 is one in every of 4 Standing Naval Forces that function underneath NATO Allied Maritime Command, headquartered in Northwood, United Kingdom.
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