![]() Throughout the twelve-month deployment, SNMG2 faced internal and external challenges. This enabled us to multi-task and focus more on vigilant surveillance activities and real-world responses while still maintaining a healthy dose of training and development exercises along with theatre security cooperation engagements." One of the ways that we changed the structure of the task group was to disaggregate it throughout the Mediterranean to be able to increase our coverage area. They made it easier to define our new posture. "What I was extremely impressed with then, and continue to be impressed with now is the professionalism, determination, capabilities and regional experience of all the Allied ships and crews we worked with. "One of the first challenges we solved in the first few months was to determine what would be our operational posture as a VJTF(M)," said Rear Admiral Sciretta. was the first country to command the task group under this construct for the entire tour of duty. took command of SNMG2 a few months after the task group was activated as a Very-High-Readiness Joint Task Force Maritime Unit (VJTF(M)) for the first time in a deter and defense role in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. SNMG2 is one of four standing naval task groups, which comprise NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (Maritime). The Mediterranean task group also gets a new UK flagship, Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan. "It is a reminder of the promise that exists at the heart of the Alliance: that in our collective strength lies the guarantee of peace and stability for all our nations." ![]() "Whilst this may mark a change in the leadership of SNMG2, it is also a sign of continuity - a continuity underpinned by the three decades this Task Group has patrolled these waters, as we celebrate the passing of leadership from one NATO Ally to another," said Vice Admiral Utley. Navy Rear Admiral Scott Sciretta was relieved by UK Commodore Paul Stroude. The event marked the end of a one-year rotation under U.S. The ceremony took place on the flight deck of the SNMG2 flagship, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS JAMES E. Commander of Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), Vice Admiral Mike Utley CB OBE, presided over the handover ceremony. TARANTO, Italy (June 30, 2023) - Commodore Paul Stroude of the Royal Navy has assumed command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) in Taranto, Italy on June 30, 2023.
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