TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2018 - OCT 21 - Turkey Netherlands [Image 7 of 14]

NORWAY

10.21.2018

Courtesy Photo

Allied Joint Force Command Naples     

Trondheim (NORWAY) , Oct. 21. 2018. Standing NATO Maritme Group Two (SNMG2) ships, TCG Orucreis (F245) and flagship HNLMS De Ruyter (F804) are berthed alongside in Trondheim harbour prior their participation to NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2018. Trident Juncture 18 is designed to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. Trident Juncture 18 takes place in Norway and the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden.

With more than 50,000 participants from 31 nations Trident Juncture 2018 is one of NATO’s largest exercises in recent years. Around 250 aircraft, 60 ships and more than 10,000 vehicles are involved in the exercise to perform and conduct air, land, maritime, special operation and amphibious drills. NATO Photo By WO FRAN C.Valverde

• Date Taken: 10.21.2018
• Date Posted: 10.22.2018 09:02
• Photo ID: 4835006
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