News
17 Entries
| Date | Title | |
| 05 Sep. 2014 |  | The Alliance’s 28 leaders at their Wales Summit on Friday (5 September 2014) agreed on a Readiness Action Plan to strengthen NATO’s collective defence and to ensure the Alliance is ready to deal with any challenge. “This is a demonstration of our solidarity and resolve,” said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. |
| 17 Jun. 2014 |  | Kicking down a door, a Romanian special operator recovers a hostage from an enemy fighter that just collapsed under the fire of incoming boats. He races back to his Danish and Norwegian companions and out across the water to Blackhawk helicopters waiting to fly them to safety. |
| 02 Jun. 2014 |  |
Defence Ministers to focus on collective defence, Wales Summit Collective defence and preparations for the NATO Wales Summit in September will be in the spotlight at a two-day meeting of defence ministers which begins on Tuesday (3 June). Ministers will also meet with their Ukrainian and Georgian counterparts and discuss the ISAF mission in Afghanistan with ISAF contributors and the Afghan defence minister. |
| 24 Mar. 2014 |  | NATO Special Operations Forces (SOF) medics used advanced combat medical simulators to learn life-saving skills during a five-day course at the SOF Allied Centre for Medical Education (ACME) located at SHAPE, Belgium. The centre is equipped with the most advanced medical simulators and enables personnel to train in realistic combat conditions and provide vital care for the wounded. |
| 01 Feb. 2013 |  | Optimising the employment of Special Forces and building on the lessons learnt in current operations is crucial to improving Alliance capabilities. To help do this, the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) is training Allied and partner Special Forces to improve their interoperability and to create a network of trained personnel. |
| 14 Dec. 2012 |  | On Wednesday December 12, 2012 a ceremony attended by Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander – Europe, and LtGen. Frank Kisner, Commander of NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ), marked the official opening of the NSHQ co-located with Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Casteau, Belgium. |
| 27 Feb. 2012 |  | The skills and expertise of Special Forces are valuable assets to NATO operations. But whereas Special Forces are often seen as a national prerogative, the transatlantic Alliance also has a NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) where Special Forces work together. |