Pictured left to right: HDMS Olfert Fischer (Denmark), NRP Alvares Cabral (Portugal), SAS Amatola (South Africa), USS Normandy (USA), SAS Isandlwana (South Africa), HMCS Toronto(Canada), and HNLMS Evertsen (The Netherlands). Front: SAS Manthatisi(South Africa). Rear: FGS Spessart (Germany). The ships that make up Standing NATO (North Atlanta Treaty Organization) Maritime Group (SNMG) 1 transit in formation while participating in exercise "amazolo" with the South African navy. SNMG1 is on a historic NATO deployment circumnavigating Africa for the first time and traveling more than 12,500 miles with six ships from six different nations. During the deployment, SNMG1 is scheduled to conduct presence operations in the Gulf of Guinea, Horn of Africa, and Red Sea.
| Date Taken: | 09.03.2007 |
| Date Posted: | 09.24.2007 14:12 |
| Photo ID: | 58904 |
| VIRIN: | 070903-N-5459S-046 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1378 |
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| Location: | USNORTHCOM, AT SEA |
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