NATO Cold Response exercise complete
The British Royal Navy’s HMS Iron Duke has completed the Cold Response two-week multinational exercise with NATO forces, the navy announced on 11 March. Since completing the exercise, the ship has sailed on to Oslo, Norway.
The frigate's sister ship, HMS Sutherland, also took part in the exercise, with around 350 UK royal marines working with Dutch marines ashore. HMS Iron Duke led the task group as the anti-submarine and surface commander.
Cold Response is an amphibious exercise where ground troops work with ships to ensure NATO partners can work together to quickly respond to national and international crises. The Norwegian Navy conducts the exercise every year and it includes sea, land and air units with around 15,000 service personnel.
RAdm Delgado, commander, Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1), said: ‘This outstanding exercise provided a unique opportunity to enhance SNMG1 units’ interoperability, sustainability and cooperation within the framework of a multinational joint force structure.
‘Our participation in Cold Response 16 has proved SNMG1’s high intensity war-fighting skills and ability to operate under challenging conditions. Today, SNMG1 is better prepared to meet and deter any threat to alliance populations and territory.’
SNMG1 is a multinational, integrated maritime force made up of vessels from various allied nations, training and operating together as a single team. It is permanently available to NATO to perform a wide range of tasks, from participating in exercises to crisis response and real world operational missions.
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