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The Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 |
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“Always ready” |
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The Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) |
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CTF 508 Engagement with the Commander of the Kenyan Navy 10 Dec 09
Commander SNMG1 Rear Admiral José Domingos Pereira da Cunha met the Commander of the Kenyan Navy, Major General Samsom Jefwa Mwathethe on 7th December during a port visit to Mombasa.
CTF 508 Engagement with the Chief of the Defence Force of Seychelles 04 Dec 09
During a port visit to Victoria, Seychelles, the Commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, Rear Admiral Jose Domingos Pereira da Cunha held a meeting with the Seychelles Chief of the Defence Forces, BRIGADIER LEOPOLD PAYET regarding the NATO-Seychelles cooperation and coordination in the international counter-piracy efforts. SNMG1 are currently conducting NATO's counter piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield. Brigadier Payet emphasised the will to create, support and maintain a safe environment for shipping in the Somali Basin and expressed a willingness to have two-way cooperation and support between the Seychelles Defence Forces and NATO in the counter-piracy efforts
NATO, EUNAVFOR and Coalition Task Force Commanders coordinate counter-piracy fighting off the coast of Somalia 27 Nov 09
On 21st November, while conducting counter-piracy operations off the Coast of Somalia, Commander Standing NATO Maritime Group One – Rear-Admiral Pereira da Cunha, Coalition Task Force Commander Rear-Admiral Scott Sanders and Commodore Pieter Bindt from the European Naval Force held a counter-piracy coordination meeting on board the NATO flagship NRP Álvares Cabral. Following a short opening regarding the actual piracy situation and the international efforts to tackle the problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia the meeting went into the coordination of operations between all the biggest three international Commanders in the area of operations. All agreed that the coordination and concentration of effort is the key to success, not only within traditional maritime partners but with all the other national efforts present in the area of operation, as well as the increasing protection measures adopted by the merchant shipping community – “the forging of close working relations and the sharing of information with all the parts involved is paramount for the success of the global fight against piracy,” said RADM Pereira da Cunha, NATO Task Force Commander. This meeting has settled the way ahead, being the mutual support the base to all future maritime counter-piracy operations
Portuguese frigate NRP Álvares Cabral disrupts Somali Pirate attack. 19 Nov 09
NATO Task force disrupts pirate attack. The Portuguese frigate NRP ÁLVARES CABRAL disrupted a Somali pirate attack on a regional cargo dhow.
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SNMG1 is a multinational, integrated maritime force - made up of vessels from various allied nations, training and operating together as a single team - that is permanently available to NATO to perform a wide range of tasks, from participating in exercises to crisis response and real world operational missions.
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