NATO Exercises

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German vessels to assist with Royal Navy training

The Royal Navy and the German Navy are set to intensify their longstanding training partnership, focusing on mutual preparation for global front-line naval operations.
This collaboration was reaffirmed with a new memorandum of understanding signed by Rear Admiral Axel Schulz, Commander of the German Navy’s 2nd Flotilla, and Commodore Andrew Ingham, Commander of the Fleet Operational Sea Training (FOST).

Under the terms of the agreement, the German Navy will utilise the Royal Navy’s world-renowned FOST—a training effort based at Devonport Naval Base—to prepare its warships for operational readiness.

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NATO sweeps for mines in Baltic Sea during ‘Open Spirit 2024’
NATO naval forces, led by the Estonian Navy, have successfully carried out Operation Open Spirit 24, a minesweeping exercise designed to clear explosive remnants of war in the Baltic Sea.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-sw ... irit-2024/

NATO participates in French mine exercise Olives Noires 24
NATO ships recently participated in the French Navy-led multinational mine warfare exercise, Olives Noires 24, which took place from April 8 to April 19 in the area south of Toulon and Sète, France.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-pa ... noires-24/

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Naval ships call into Lerwick

A flotilla of naval ships which have been operating for NATO have arrived in Shetland for some “rest and recuperation” for their crews.

The ships, four from the Royal Netherlands Navy and one registered under the Belgium flag, arrived on Friday morning. They are expected to remain over the weekend.

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NATO ships counter ‘hybrid threats’ during mine exercise

The coastline of the Balearic Archipelago served as an ideal training ground for the Spanish-led Mine Countermeasures (MCM) exercise ESP MINEX 24.
This annual Allied naval exercise, conducted by the Spanish Navy, focuses on MCM operations in mined coastal waters, ensuring freedom of navigation and action from the sea to the mainland while addressing asymmetric and hybrid threats.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-sh ... -exercise/

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NATO conducts mine countermeasures exercise in Italy

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-co ... -in-italy/

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Ships from NATO and Ukraine have begun arriving in Glasgow to participate in the annual Exercise Sea Breeze.

This year’s exercise, like last year, has been relocated from the Black Sea to Glasgow due to ongoing hostilities in Ukraine.

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Warships gather in Glasgow ahead of Scottish coast drills

Warships from four allied nations, including Ukraine, are arriving in Glasgow this weekend in preparation for Exercise Sea Breeze, a major NATO military exercise set to take place in Scottish waters.

The ships and their crews will be stationed at Glasgow’s King George V Docks before heading out to sea for the drills. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited onboard but more about that next week!

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NATO and Ukrainian naval exercise begins in Scotland

U.S. 6th Fleet and the Royal Navy commenced the 23rd iteration of Exercise Sea Breeze 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland, June 24, 2024.

According to a press release from the U.S. Navy, this marks the first of three serials of Exercise Sea Breeze, scheduled to run from June 26 to July 5, 2024, in the Firth of Clyde Sea near Glasgow and Loch Ewe, Scotland.
Sea Breeze 2024 is a joint mine countermeasure exercise between the U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, Ukrainian Navy and NATO forces.

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