NATO Begins Large-Scale Crisis Response Exercise Dynamic Mariner/Mavi Balina 22 in Mediterranean

The United States and 11 other members of the NATO alliance have begun large-scale naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in a crisis-response exercise dubbed “Dynamic Mariner/Mavi Balina 22.”

Dynamic Mariner is “held in conjunction with the Turkish Navy’s Exercise Mavi Balina, which brings together 12 Allied nations off the coast of Turkey,” according to a statement from officials. The exercise, which began on Sept. 11, will run to Sept. 22.