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31 May 2012
This morning, 31 May, NATO Standing Maritime Group 1 flagship, HNLMS Evertsen, left Turkish territorial waters and is now heading towards the Suez Canal. HNLMS Evertsen is scheduled to take over command of Operation Ocean Shield on 7 June 2012.

31 May 2012
The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) honoured more than 160 soldiers recently returned from a 6-month deployment to Afghanistan and Cyprus with a parade and medals ceremony on Wednesday, 30th May 2012.

31 May 2012
After four intensive months of patrolling, exercising and operating, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) said goodbye to FGS Rheinland-Pfalz today. The German warship will sail home, for the last time. After a long and respectable career of over 30 years, in which she flew the NATO-flag many times, the ship will be decommissioned early next year.

30 May 2012
GHŌR, Afghanistan — A former Taliban fighter who officially renounced his armed struggle in Chaghcharan district May 28 said his reasoning for leaving the battlefield was because he was tired of fighting.

30 May 2012
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan— More than 100 members of the Afghan National Security Force and the International Security Assistance Force attended a 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police commander's conference, May 26.

30 May 2012
Between 29 May and 06 June 2012, NATO will conduct a new Anti-Submarine Warfare exercise. DYNAMIC MONGOOSE 12, as the exercise is called, will take place off the coast of Norway and involve four submarines, 11 aircrafts and four surface ships provided by seven NATO nations. The objective is to provide the best anti-submarine warfare training to NATO naval forces and to guarantee their interoperability in a multi-national environment.

29 May 2012
On 25th May 2012, the soldiers of the 2nd Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) Battalion left Kosovo after have being deployed for the second time subsequent to a request by KFOR Commander Major General Erhard DREWS, following his assessment of an increase in tension in Kosovo.

29 May 2012
18 military personnel based at Imjin Barracks and assigned to Headquarters, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) provided a military ‘Guard of Honour' for the beginning of the Olympic Torch's run through the city of Gloucester Thursday, 24 May.

29 May 2012
CAMP MIKE SPANN, Afghanistan — The last Afghan Border Police class to graduate with NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan mentors at Regional Training Center Sheberghan, Jawzian, consisted of 122 students who completed the course May 17.

29 May 2012
Last Saturday, USS TAYLOR detected a drifting dhow with no propulsion while patrolling off the Horn of Africa in support of NATO's counter piracy Operation Ocean Shield. The dhow named NAHDA was found by USS TAYLOR right at the entrance of the Gulf of Aden.

25 May 2012
WASHINGTON (May 22, 2012) — Following the conclusion of the ISAF session at the NATO Summit in Chicago, Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force has released the following statement.

25 May 2012
LAGO PATRIA, Italy - The keys of the new Allied Joint Force Command Naples headquarters in Lago Patria were officially turned over to NATO at a signing ceremony held at the new site May 23, 2012.

 

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