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After more than 18 months leading the Carrier Strike Group’s Air Wing, Captain Colin McGannity has handed over command to Captain Edward Phillips.
The transition marks the continuation of air power excellence within the CSG. NATO Allies wished Capt. McGannity blue skies and safe…
🤝 Joint Training Strengthens High Readiness
Hungarian 🇭🇺 and North Macedonian 🇲🇰 Special Operations Forces conducted Exercise Cold Peak 2025, a one-week joint training under NATO’s Adaptive Hussars 2025 framework.
🎯 The objective: to test and enhance rapid reaction…
🇪🇪 From 18 September to 2 October 2025, Estonia is hosting Exercise PIKNE, a multinational drill with forces from Estonia, the UK 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, the United States 🇺🇸 and Latvia 🇱🇻.
Based on a realistic scenario, PIKNE trains rapid force projection, joint manoeuvres on land and…
🚁💥 During #CobraWarrior, NATO forces neutralised key air-defence targets, clearing the way for the advance of Land Forces.
Working with the Joint Aviation Command’s Apache, Wildcat and Chinook helicopters, ground troops pressed forward to strike hard and seize key positions.…
🚢 #SNMG2 in the Central Mediterranean
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two took part in #NEST, with flagship ITS Bergamini and TCG Barbaros operating alongside the Turkish Amphibious Task Group.
The units conducted manoeuvres and advanced interoperability operations, strengthening…
The ROSOMAK ZSSW-30, Poland’s modern infantry fighting vehicle, was showcased during the recent Zelazna Brama 25 exercise.
Equipped with the ZSSW-30 remote turret system, it highlights Poland’s investment in advanced, networked firepower and NATO interoperability.…
🛡️ Exercise Żelazna Brama 25 🇵🇱🤝🌍
Running from 28 August to 26 September 2025 in north-eastern Poland, Żelazna Brama 25 (Iron Gate) is one of the largest defence drills in the region this year.
🔹 Led by Poland’s 18th Mechanized Division and part of the wider Żelazny Obrońca…
Nations from the Five Power Defence Arrangements (#FPDA) joined forces during Exercise Bersama Lima, aligning with the UK Carrier Strike Group on #OpHightmast.
A UK F-35B Lightning II flew over Royal Navy vessels in the Indo-Pacific, alongside a Royal Malaysian Air Force A400…
🇬🇧🇳🇴🇺🇸 A Royal Air Force A400M Atlas has successfully conducted its first landing on an unprepared airfield at Jan Mayen, a volcanic island in the Norwegian Sea.
The mission, carried out with the Norwegian Armed Forces, British Royal Marines, and the US Marine Corps,…
DIANA Supports Defence Innovation at NATO Exercise #DYMS25
During the 2025 Dynamic Messenger exercise (#DYMS25), NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) facilitated collaboration between innovators and Allied armed forces.
DIANA provided a platform…
DIANA Supports Defence Innovation at NATO Exercise #DYMS25
During the 2025 Dynamic Messenger exercise (#DYMS25), NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) facilitated collaboration between innovators and Allied armed forces.
DIANA provided a platform…
World Maritime Day 2025
On World Maritime Day, NATO highlighted the role of its Maritime Special Operations Forces (SOF), who operate from the icy waters of the High North to the warm seas of the Mediterranean.
These “quiet professionals” safeguard freedom of navigation,…
Weapon Monitoring:
SIG SAUER MCX (.300BLK) — the modular, suppressor-ready carbine favored by special units — in service with the Dutch DSI for precision, low-signature close-quarters operations. Reliable, configurable and mission-focused.
#SIGSAUER#MCX#DSI#SpecialOps…
Weapon Monitoring:
SIG SAUER MCX (.300BLK) — the modular, suppressor-ready carbine favored by special units — in service with the Dutch DSI for precision, low-signature close-quarters operations. Reliable, configurable and mission-focused.
#SIGSAUER#MCX#DSI#SpecialOps…
Exercise #NeptuneStrike is underway.
In the Baltic Sea, FGS HAMBURG, USS BAINBRIDGE and HSwMS HELSINGBORG from #SNMG1 and #SNMG2 executed a striking PHOTEX manoeuvre.
Side by side, NATO naval forces demonstrate unity, professionalism and readiness.
#NATO#WeAreNATO…
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