19 Nov 09

10 Nov 09

NATO and Maritime partners visit Beijing and strengthen global fight against piracy

Naval officers from NATO’s Maritime Command in Northwood, North West London returned from Beijing this week having attended an international maritime co-operation counter-piracy meeting hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Defence. Press Release

09 Nov 09

Exchange of Maritime Command for NATO Ships Fighting Piracy in the Gulf of Aden

Today saw an exchange of maritime command between Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) to SNMG1 for Operation Ocean Shield - the code name for NATO’s counter piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden. NATO warships have been operating in the Gulf of Aden for the last 8 months following a sharp increase in pirate attacks on maritime trade passing through the area.

Press Release

03 Nov 09
NATO flagship evacuates casualty from merchant ship in pirate waters
On 31 October, the NATO Flagship in the Gulf of Aden, HMS Cornwall, received an emergency call over the radio from MV APL Hamburg and as she was only some 40 nm away, sprang to her aid. A crew member was critically ill and needed medical assistance.

The Royal Navy frigate is currently part of NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield task group combating piracy off the coast of Somalia. Full Story
Press Release

03 Nov 09

Secretary General of NATO visits Libeccio in Abu Dhabi

On Friday 30th October 2009, the Secretary General of NATO, Mr Anders Fogh Rasmussen was a guest of the Italian frigate LIBECCIO in Abu Dhabi. He was accompanied by the Chairman of the North Atlantic Military Committee (NAC), Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, the Permanent Representatives of Nations on the North Atlantic Council and many ministers from the United Arab Emirates. This visit was organized as part of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) Members conference. Full Story. 

28 Oct 09
Sea Cadets Trafalgar Day Parade, Chesham

On Sunday 18th October 2009 Chiltern Sea Cadet Unit based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire hosted the Oxford & Buckinghamshire District Trafalgar Day Parade. The eight Sea cadet units all mustered in the Elgiva Theatre car park at 1030 and fell in to their squads. There was a guard of 36 with a Colour Party parading the Chiltern Unit Colour. Full Story

27 Oct 09
Visit Belgian Minister of Defence

Mr Pieter de Crem, Belgian Minister of Defence accompanied by his Political and Military Adviser visited MCC Northwood.
In the morning of the same day the MOD visited the EU OHQ in Northwood. He was received by the Deputy Commander, Vice-Admiral H.J. Witthauer and Chief of Staff Rear-Admiral H. Ort and subsequently briefed by Cdre Helseth, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations.

26 Oct 09

Counter Piracy Commanders meet in Gulf of Aden

The Commanding Officers of the three largest Counter Piracy Task Forces in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean met on board the EUNAVFOR flagship HNLMS Evertsen on October 26 in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor in the Gulf of Aden, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Full Story                                                           Press Release

26 Oct 09