{"id":3691,"date":"2025-02-14T16:28:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T16:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:28:49","slug":"nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO holds military exercise in central Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">A segment of NATO\u2019s Allied Reaction Force (ARF) exercise \u201cSteadfast Dart 25\u201d took place at the beach of Nea Anchialos in Volos, central Greece, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Special operations units from Greece and Spain, supported by fighter aircraft and helicopters, landed on the shore and \u201csecured\u201d the neighboring airport of the 111 Combat Wing. The exercise also featured naval units, including the flagship of the Spanish Navy, the aircraft carrier Juan Carlos I.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Steadfast Dart 25 is NATO\u2019s largest exercise for 2025, held simultaneously in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania from February 10 to 21. The exercise involves more than 10,000 troops from the three host countries, as well as from France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Spain, the United Kingdom and Turkey. Approximately 1,500 vehicles, 20 fighter jets and 17 naval units have been mobilized.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img class=\"lazy lazy-hidden\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_ESP_STDT25_Demonstration_of_an_amphibious_landing_operation_in_Greece_030-1.jpg?1739548677420\" alt=\"nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece0\" width=\"1828\" height=\"1218\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_ESP_STDT25_Demonstration_of_an_amphibious_landing_operation_in_Greece_030-1.jpg?1739548677420\" alt=\"nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece1\" width=\"1828\" height=\"1218\"\/><figcaption>[NATO ARF]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The creation of the Allied Reaction Force was decided in the summer of 2022, following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, and was ratified at the NATO Summit in Vilnius in 2023.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe are learning to collaborate, solve problems, trust each other, and defend together. I want to thank Greece, an important member of our Alliance, for its role as a host nation, as well as for the forces and personnel it provided,\u201d emphasized Lieutenant General Lorenzo D\u2019Addario, commander of NATO\u2019s Allied Reaction Force, in a statement to Kathimerini.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MRC00690-1.jpg?1739548496007\" alt=\"nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MRC00690-1.jpg?1739548496007\" alt=\"nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><figcaption>[NATO ARF]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Greece played a dual role in the exercise, serving as the location for the amphibious landing operation in Volos as well as a transit hub for troops deployed to Romania.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cVolos, the port of Thessaloniki, and the port of Alexandroupoli, which serves as the main entry point through which all personnel heading to Bulgaria and Romania have passed, highlight the value of our country as a hub for NATO troop movements,\u201d said Lieutenant General Georgios Manouras, commander of the Greek army\u2019s Special Warfare Command, in an interview with Kathimerini.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_ESP_STDT25_Demonstration_of_an_amphibious_landing_operation_in_Greece_007-1.jpg?1739548623107\" alt=\"nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece4\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_ESP_STDT25_Demonstration_of_an_amphibious_landing_operation_in_Greece_007-1.jpg?1739548623107\" alt=\"nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece5\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><figcaption>[NATO ARF]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1261720\/nato-holds-military-exercise-in-central-greece\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A segment of NATO\u2019s Allied Reaction Force (ARF) exercise \u201cSteadfast Dart 25\u201d took place at the beach of Nea Anchialos in Volos, central Greece, on Thursday. Special operations units from Greece and Spain, supported by fighter aircraft and helicopters, landed on the shore and \u201csecured\u201d the neighboring airport of the 111 Combat Wing. 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