NATO ships exercise off Turkish coast

NATO ships exercise off Turkish coast. More than 1,500 marines and personnel from 16 NATO nations have taken part in a maritime exercise off the Turkish coast. Dynamic Mariner 22 is a crisis-response exercise designed to test NATO’s Response Force maritime component (NRF/M) and interoperability between NATO forces. The exercise ran from September 11 – 22. Along with personnel, the exercise included 50 surface units, four submarines and 21 air assets. The NATO Allies that took part were Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States. The NRF is a highly ready multinational force that comprises land, air, maritime and Special Operations Forces (SOF) components that NATO can deploy quickly, whenever and wherever needed. Türkiye will lead the maritime element of NRF 2023. Footage includes various shots of ships out at sea, Turkish Special Forces in Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB) boats and soundbites with personnel involved in the exercise. “Turkish Navy, having a substantial experience and presence throughout the Mediterranean Sea has already been contributing to NATO operations and tasks such as Standing Naval Forces and Operation Sea Guardian. Now with the responsibility of leading the NATO Response Force in 2023, it’s time to take it on a higher level while working together with other Allied nations.”