EUROMARFOR is a multinational initiative created in 1995 by France, Italy, Portugal and Spain that can be employed in humanitarian and rescue missions, peacekeeping missions and mission of combat forces in crisis management including peacemaking. Has already more than 30 activations and more than 40 months deployed in Real World Operations.
Portugal holds command of EUROMARFOR until September 2011, the current EUROMARFOR Commander is Vice-Admiral José Monteiro Montenegro, from the Portuguese Navy.