230525-N-DH616-2017 ROTA (MAY 25, 2023) RDML Scott Sciretta, Commander, Standing NATO Maritime Group Two, meets with the press on board the USS JAMES E WILLIAMS (DDG 95) while in port Rota, Spain. Throughout the past few weeks, Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) flagship USS James E. Williams has been making preparations to participate in Spanish exercise FLOTEX-23. During the month of June, more than 50 units and 4,000 Sailors from the Spanish Navy, Army, Air Force, will take part in a series of drills that represent a qualitative progression in their own training and allow the assessment of capabilities and the degree of interoperability between units from different nations.
SNMG2 is a multinational integrated task group that projects a constant and visible reminder of the Alliance’s solidarity and cohesion afloat and provides the Alliance with a continuous maritime capability to perform a wide range of tasks, including exercises and real-world operations in periods of crisis and conflict.
