NATO Response Force
"Athabaskan" participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1). On 2-3 August 1999 STANAVFORLANT force undertook exercises in the Baltic Sea, where Polish Mil Mi-14 helicopter landed upon "Athabaskan".