Britain to take command of major NATO naval force

Britain to take command of major NATO naval force

The Royal Navy has begun the process of taking command of NATO’s Maritime Allied Reaction Force, the alliance’s primary naval crisis response formation. According to the Royal Navy here, Britain will assume responsibility on 1 July next year, when leadership transfers from the Spanish Navy to Rear Admiral Mark Anderson and his Portsmouth based staff. The first stage of the handover is Exercise Steadfast Dagger, a planning and decision making dri…