A Canadian commodore on Jan. 26 took command of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1), a NATO squadron that currently includes destroyers and frigates from five countries. Noting that SNMG 1 is one of NATO's only two "standing groups," ready to deploy within five days for whatever missions they are called upon to do, Cmdre Denis Rouleau said in a teleconference with reporters that possible duties under his command could include evacuations, counter-terrorism and embargo operations, and even facilitation of initial entry for other forces.
This task force is a component of the NATO Response Force (NRF), which was stood up in 2003 as a quickly deployable multinational force. But the NRF has been controversial. With the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the European Union as a political entity, there has been widespread debate about exactly what types of missions in which NATO should get involved. For example, NATO had been planning to expand its operations in southern Iraq this year, but the Dutch Parliament has held up deployment of 1,200 Dutch troops.
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