• NATO ships wrap up exercises in eastern Mediterranean
• Video - 5 things you should know about NATO’s Air Shielding mission
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After a week and a half of exercises in the Adriatic and Mediterranean, Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) is in port after its deployment, and resupplying in Souda Bay, Crete.
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NATO is supporting national efforts to extinguish the wildfires raging in many countries across the Alliance. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has recently deployed 40 aircraft, including firefighting helicopters and airplanes, to support firefighters in Greece. This comes at the request of the Greek authorities.
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NATO Special Operations Forces need to be able to tackle the most complex tasks in the most difficult environments – from scaling the side of a ship while under fire to diving to the depths of the sea. Croatian Special Forces recently tested their maritime skills during a joint exercise with US Navy SEALs in the Adriatic.
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On a rainy Tuesday in March this year, Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank took over as the new Commander of the Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) in a grand ceremony at the historic Wilhelmsburg Barracks. When asked about his impressions about JSEC and its tasks after the first hundred days in his new office, here are his thoughts:
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NATO’s Air Shielding mission is an increased air and missile defence posture along the Alliance’s eastern flank, implemented in the wake of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Allies have deployed more fighter jets and ground-based air and missile defence systems to protect Allies along the eastern flank against possible air and missile threats.
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