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SNMCMG-2
FGS Mosel departs Kiel May
26th to take up duties as flagship of NATO's SNMCMG2. In September she will be
relieved by FGS Rhein. Port visits are planned
for Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Egypt, Malta and Tunisia. Official German
Navy photo.
COMPOSITION OF THE FORCE (as of July 2,
2008)
| FGS Mosel (Flagship) |
A 512 |
| HS Kallisto |
M 63 |
| SPS
Tajo |
M 36 |
| ITS Crotone |
M 5558 |
| TCG Erdemli |
M 264 |
| FGS Bad
Rappenau |
M 1067 |
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MCMFORMED was formed on 26 May 1999, at La Spezia (Italy).
Its mission is to provide a maritime presence throughout the NATO area, or
beyond if required, to contribute to the enhancement of NATO mine
countermeasures capability, to conduct NATO and non-NATO port visits, and to be
prepared to carry out any contingency operations.
Since its inauguration, MCMFORMED has participated in
Operations ALLIED HARVEST in 1999 and ALLIED HARVEST II in 2000, the clearance
of ordnance jettisoned in the Adriatic Sea during operation ALLIED FORCE, and
also in several NATO and non-NATO exercises. In the last year it has also
visited a number of harbors in France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey as well
as ports in the non-NATO countries of Malta, Tunisia and Ukraine.
On 3 September, 2001 NATO’s Standing Mine
Countermeasures force in the Mediterranean (MCMFORMED) changed its name to Mine
Countermeasures Force South (MCMFORSOUTH), to bring its name in line with its
NATO Northern Region counterpart, MCMFORNORTH The change also reflects that
NATO’s Maritime Forces are not constrained to one particular area of
operations. Current force
commander
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