Standing NATO Maritime Group ONE (SNMG1) under the Command of Rear Admiral José Domingos Pereira da Cunha, Portuguese Navy, will conduct maritime operations off the Horn of Africa in order to counter piracy attacks, and to help deter, defend against and disrupt pirate activities in the area of operations, in conjunction and coordination with other nations and organizations involved. The five ships expected to participate are: NRP Côrte Real (flagship, Portugal) HMCS Winnipeg (Canada) HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (Netherlands) ESPS Blas de Lezo (Spain) USS Halyburton (United States of America).
1. Rear Admiral José Pereira da Cunha (Portuguese Navy) assumed Command of the force on 23 January 2009 in El Ferrol, Spain.
2. Permanently assigned to NATO, SNMG1 is a multi-national Naval Group that provides the Alliance with the ability to quickly respond to crisis situations anywhere in the world. A capable, stand-alone task group, SNMG1 is one of four standing maritime elements that form a flexible core around which NATO can build a larger force to meet a wide range of missions that include non-combatant evacuations, consequence management, counter terrorism, crisis response, embargo operations, etc.
Source: http://www.nato.int/isaf/index.html
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