NATO Sea Guardian medalje

Context

At the NATO Warsaw Summit in July 2016, NATO announced the transformation of the ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR counter-terrorism mission in the Mediterranean to a broader maritime security operation. The new operation received the name Operation SEA GUARDIAN.

Operation SEA GUARDIAN is a non-article 5 maritime security operation aimed at working with Mediterranean stakeholders to maintain maritime situational awareness, deter and counter terrorism, and enhance capacity building.

Some of the tasks include: supporting to maritime situational awareness, upholding freedom of navigation, conducting interdiction tasks, maritime counter-terrorism, contributing to capacity building, countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and protecting critical infrastructure.