Commander, Submarines NATO NATO Submarine Command is the submarine operations focal point for NATO, encompassing operations, exercises, doctrine, and advocacy.
28/04/2024
“Increasing our collective skills in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare contributes directly to ’s concept by improving our ability to develop maritime situational awareness from seabed to Space. is a visible demonstration of the Alliance’s ability to cooperate and effectively integrate.” — Commander, Submarines NATO U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Thomas Wall.
28/09/2023
Sincere thanks to the Norwegian Navy teams in and and to Commodore Aabrek, CAPT Kammerhuber, CDR Ottesen, CDR Sandløkk, and CDR Seim for an outstanding visit. Our discussions highlighted the importance of submarine operations and exercises along with the invaluable Norwegian expertise in the High North. What a pleasure also to visit the warfighters and Marinejegerkommandoen (MJK) while in Haakonsvern – a force multiplier in capability and proficiency.
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19/07/2022
🇮🇹 ITS Scire (S-527) is supporting Operation Sea Guardian in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean by building recognized maritime picture and contributing to presence in the area.
Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) is one of the most demanding and important maritime warfare areas. Exercise Dynamic Mongoose allows Allies to test and train their ASW competency and teamwork in the cold, deep waters of the North. Defending against the silent, lurking submarines takes a combination of sonar, surface ships, aircraft and NATO interoperability.
20/06/2022
12/06/2022
Sailors and Airmen from nine NATO nations gather in Reykjavik, Iceland for the presail conference for exercise Dynamic Mongoose which begins on 13 June. Dynamic Mongoose is a high-end multi-national exercise designed to sharpen existing NATO Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) skills and to demonstrate NATO Maritime capabilities and interoperability.
24/09/2021
Rear Admiral Stephen Mack, Commander Submarines NATO led the Submarine Commanders Conference 2021 in Athens, 🇬🇷 Greece. The conference objective was the promotion of alliance submarine interoperability. Thirteen NATO nations operate submarines. Adding to this capability is Sweden, a NATO partner nation with an additional five submarines. In total, NATO and its partners have at their disposal approximately 100 submarines. Πολεμικό Ναυτικό - Hellenic Navy
08/09/2021
Rear Admiral Stephen Mack from NATO Submarine Command in Northwood, UK visited Rear Admiral Andrea Petroni, the Commander of the Italian Navy Submarine Force in Taranto, Italy. While there he observed the annual Coordinator Rescue Forces Course which has participants from Greece, Argentina, Indonesia, and the United States, along with our British, Norwegian and Italian ISMERLO team representatives from NATO Allied Maritime Command. The course is intended to prepare specialist who could be called upon to assist or operate in a submarine rescue operations.