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ROTA, Spain (Oct. 7 2019) Royal Canadian Navy Commodore Josée Kurtz, commander, Standing NATO Maritime Group Two, addresses sailors on the multi-national exercise Dynamic Mariner 2019 during a conference held in the hangar bay of the Spanish navy Galicia-class landing platform dock El Castilla (L-52). The NATO Maritime Command-led Dynamic Mariner/Flotex 19 (DYMR/FL19) is an exercise that test's NATO's Response Force Maritime Component and enhances the flexibility and interoperability amongst Allied nations. DYMR/FL19 involves ships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from fifteen Allied nations converging off the coast of Spain. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cameron Stoner)