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Mer et Marine followed, on Thursday 8 October, the final maneuvers of the NATO Dynamic Mariner exercise, which globally brought together for ten days, off the coast of Provence, more than 30 surface vessels, submarines , around forty aircraft and some 5,000 soldiers.
Started on September 27 after the gathering of the fleet in Toulon and in front of the Var coast, this training aimed to certify France's ability to exercise command of the maritime component of the NATO Response Force (NRF), with a view to its alert on January 1, 2021. This will be the fifth time that the French Navy has alerted the command of the maritime component of the NRF for 12 years (2008, 2010, 2013, 2018). Only four allied nations have the capacity to fulfill this role: France (FRMARFOR), Spain (SPMARFOR), Italy (ITMARFOR) and the United Kingdom (UKSTRIKEFOR).
The Mistral amphibious helicopter carrier served as a flagship with the staff on board piloting this imposing joint and international force. At its head, Rear Admiral Marc Aussedat, commander of the French Air-Naval force of Rapid Reaction (COMFRMARFOR).
The foreign naval ships engaged were in particular the LPDs Johan de Witt and Rotterdam (Netherlands), with Dutch land troops, the frigates Alvaro de Bazan (Spain) and Luigi Durand de la Penne (Italy), the minehunters Urk (the Netherlands), Lobelia and Bellis (Belgium), Duero and Segura (Spain) as well as the Alghero (Italy), the supply vessels Patiño (Spain) and Aliakmon (Greece) and the submarine Giuliano Prini ( Italy).
On the French side, in addition to the Mistral, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, the frigates Forbin, Chevalier Paul, Auvergne, Surcouf, Aconit and Guépratte, the aviso Commander Birot,Thétis, the Lyre, Orion, Capricorne and Croix du Sud mine hunters,the Loire support ship, Var and Marne supply vessels and other units.
After having carried out numerous offshore exercises, Dynamic Mariner ended on October 8 with a landing on the beach of Port-Pothuau, near Toulon. As the frigates kept watch offshore, and mine hunters made sure they could land unhindered, the commandos secured the site. Then the Mistral and the Dutch LPDs projected troops and equipment with their landing craft. The operation, which also involved helicopters and planes from the French Navy, Air Force and Army, was controlled from the Mistral HQ, which can accommodate up to 150 operators.
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Started on September 27 after the gathering of the fleet in Toulon and in front of the Var coast, this training aimed to certify France's ability to exercise command of the maritime component of the NATO Response Force (NRF), with a view to its alert on January 1, 2021. This will be the fifth time that the French Navy has alerted the command of the maritime component of the NRF for 12 years (2008, 2010, 2013, 2018). Only four allied nations have the capacity to fulfill this role: France (FRMARFOR), Spain (SPMARFOR), Italy (ITMARFOR) and the United Kingdom (UKSTRIKEFOR).
The Mistral amphibious helicopter carrier served as a flagship with the staff on board piloting this imposing joint and international force. At its head, Rear Admiral Marc Aussedat, commander of the French Air-Naval force of Rapid Reaction (COMFRMARFOR).
The foreign naval ships engaged were in particular the LPDs Johan de Witt and Rotterdam (Netherlands), with Dutch land troops, the frigates Alvaro de Bazan (Spain) and Luigi Durand de la Penne (Italy), the minehunters Urk (the Netherlands), Lobelia and Bellis (Belgium), Duero and Segura (Spain) as well as the Alghero (Italy), the supply vessels Patiño (Spain) and Aliakmon (Greece) and the submarine Giuliano Prini ( Italy).
On the French side, in addition to the Mistral, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, the frigates Forbin, Chevalier Paul, Auvergne, Surcouf, Aconit and Guépratte, the aviso Commander Birot,Thétis, the Lyre, Orion, Capricorne and Croix du Sud mine hunters,the Loire support ship, Var and Marne supply vessels and other units.
After having carried out numerous offshore exercises, Dynamic Mariner ended on October 8 with a landing on the beach of Port-Pothuau, near Toulon. As the frigates kept watch offshore, and mine hunters made sure they could land unhindered, the commandos secured the site. Then the Mistral and the Dutch LPDs projected troops and equipment with their landing craft. The operation, which also involved helicopters and planes from the French Navy, Air Force and Army, was controlled from the Mistral HQ, which can accommodate up to 150 operators.
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