#NATO's transatlantic bond is stronger than ever.
— NATO ACT (@NATO_ACT) January 24, 2024
The departure of the @USNavy's Gunston Hall from Norfolk🇺🇸 – @NATO’s home in North America - marks the beginning of the largest Allied exercise in decades #SteadfastDefender24.
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The USS Gunston Hall set sail today, marking the start of #SteadfastDefender24, NATO's largest exercise in decades
— Dylan White (@NATOpress) January 24, 2024
➡️ 90,000 personnel
➡️ manoeuvres spanning the North Atlantic & Europe
➡️ testing #NATO's ability to defend against a near-peer adversary in an Article 5 scenario