Nato'S Operation Sea Guardian

190405 Eastern Mediterranean - Operation SEA GUARDIAN FOCOPS 19-2 - Flagship TCG Kemalreis boarding team from mission briefing to approach during a Maritime Situational Awareness Approach (MSAA) with passenger boat MOSES.
One of the main activities of Operation Sea Guardian is Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA), by which, merchant ships may be hailed while transiting the Mediterranean and asked to identify themselves and what they are doing.
This information is reported back to Allied Maritime Command which is the information coordination centre for Operation Sea Guardian. If the ship’s response is suspicious or unusual the ship may be identified as a potential security concern.

190403 Eastern Mediterranean - NATO's Operation Sea Guardian Focused Security Patrol 19-2 - Helo Operations are a significant asset for monitoring efforts, contributing for a better understanding of the maritime environment and help to identify possible criminal activity that could be supporting terrorism.

190328 AKSAZ, Turkey - NATO's Operation SEA GUARDIAN Focused Security Patrol 19-2 in the Eastern Mediterranean - In-Briefing activities by MARCOM Subject Matters Experts (SME's) onboard flagship TCG Kemalreis in order to prepare flagship crew for their deployment as Flagship for NATO's Operation Sea Guardian FOCOPS 19-2.
Photo Credits: LCDR Rik Boudry (BEL N), OSG FOCOPS 19-2 MARCOM NSC LNO

190328 AKSAZ, Turkey - NATO's Operation SEA GUARDIAN Focused Security Patrol 19-2 in the Eastern Mediterranean - Handover of the NATO flag from Captain Alexandre Serrano PRT N, MARCOM Representative to Captain Capt Husein Tigli, TUR N, Commander Task Group 440.03 during In-Briefing onboard flagship TCG Kemalreis.
Photo Credits: LCDR Rik Boudry (BEL N), OSG FOCOPS 19-2 MARCOM NSC LNO

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN - What better way to finish the day in the office other than receiving a sunset picture provided by NATO's Operation Sea Guardian FOCOPS 19-1 Flagship HS Limnos.

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN - OSG FOCOPS 19-1 Hellenic Navy SOF fastrope training on board FOCOPS 19-1 Flagship HS Limnos

OSG FOCOPS 19-1 Heli landing onboard FOCOPS 19-1 Flagship HS Limnos under CO's Capt Lagaras GRC N observation.

190207 SOUDA, Greece - NATO's Operation SEA GUARDIAN Focused Security Patrol 19-1 (Eastern Mediterranean) - Handover of the Command pennant from Captain Richard Plater NLD N, MARCOM Current Ops Branch Head to Captain Spyros Lagaras, GRC N, Commander Task Group 440.03 during In-Briefing at the NMIOTC, Souda, Greece.
From the left to the right: Lieutenant-Commander Georgios Apidianakis GRC N (CO HS OKEANOS), Captain Spyros Lagaras GRC N, Commander Task Group 440.03, Captain Richard Platel NLD N (MOC Director/Branch Head Current OPS); Captain Dionysios Mantadakis GRC N (CO HS LIMNOS).

Eastern Mediterranean (February 11, 2019) - Turkish Submarine TCG 18 MART sailed from Aksaz Naval Base Turkey, to participate in NATO's Operation Sea Guardian Focused Operations 19-1 and patrol in the Eastern Mediterranean.

190207 SOUDA, Greece - NATO's Operation SEA GUARDIAN Focused Security Patrol 19-1 (Eastern Mediterranean) - Handover of the Command pennant from Captain Richard Plater NLD N, MARCOM Current Ops Branch Head to Captain Spyros Lagaras, GRC N, Commander Task Group 440.03 during In-Briefing at the NMIOTC, Souda, Greece.
From the left to the right: Lieutenant-Commander Georgios Apidianakis GRC N (CO HS OKEANOS), Captain Spyros Lagaras GRC N, Commander Task Group 440.03, Captain Richard Platel NLD N (MOC Director/Branch Head Current OPS); Captain Dionysios Mantadakis GRC N (CO HS LIMNOS).

181122 SOUDA, Greece - Operation SEA GUARDIAN FOCOPS 18-06 - NATO's Operation Sea Guardian sixth Focused Security Patrol this time in international waters of the Eastern Mediterranean. From the left to the right: Lieutenant-Commander Fokion Mairagkas (HS KATSONIS CO); Captain Christos Deyannis (CTG-440.03); Captain Richard Platel (MOC director/ Branch head COPS); Commander Emmanouil Zoumpoulis (HS NAVARINON) and Commander (OF) Ivaylo Ivanov (CO BGS DRAZKI).
NATO's Operation Sea Guardian is a North Atlantic Council directed, non-Article 5 Maritime Security Operation (MSO). Operation Sea Guardian helps to maintain an accurate picture of daily activity in the Mediterranean to identify possible maritime security concerns.

Spanish submarine ESPS Tramontana to conduct patrol for #NATO Operation Sea Guardian in the Mediterranean Sea. Read more below (in Spanish).

OSG FOCOPS 18-5 Flagship TCG Yavuz (F-240) executing replenishment at sea (RAS) with Turkish oiler TCG Akar (A-590) during patrolled Operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
NATO Operation Sea Guardian is designed to conduct a variety of maritime security tasks, including to create a pattern-of-life for a better understanding of the different activities in the Mediterranean which can pose a threat to maritime security.

Working with partners for security in the Med!

A NATO Operation Sea Guardian focused security patrol is underway in the Central Mediterranean Sea with ships from 🇮🇹Italy, 🇭🇷Croatia and 🇬🇧United Kingdom. Read more here: https://goo.gl/ix9XY8