The landing of the Spanish Marine Infantry in the city of Volos, in Greece

Steadfast Dart 25, the largest NATO exercise scheduled for 2025, has included an air-naval operation off the Greek coast.

Steadfast Dart 25, a joint training between special forces from Spain and Bulgaria
The marine infantry forces of NATO countries, their age and size

This exercise is organized by the NATO Maritime Component Command (MARCOM) and involves the participation of the Expeditionary Combat Group (GCE) Dédalo of the Spanish Navy, with the aircraft carrier "Juan Carlos I" L-61 and the frigates "Blas de Lezo" F-103 and "Victoria" F-82. The frigate "Álvaro de Bazán" F-101 and the combat supply ship "Patiño" A-14, which were part of that GCE, have become integrated into the Permanent NATO Naval Group No. 2 (SNMG-2), which is also participating in the Steadfast Dart 25 exercise, according to the Defense General Staff (EMAD) reported on Wednesday.

Currently, MARCOM is embarked on the Italian Navy's auxiliary vessel "Etna" A-5326. Both the GCE Dédalo and the SNMG-2 are operating in the waters of the Aegean Sea, where the Spanish Navy and the Greek Navy have carried out a joint air-naval operation in the city of Volos, in the region of Magnesia, in central Greece.

This operation has included the participation of EAV-8B+ Harrier II fighters and SH-60 Seahawk helicopters from the Spanish Navy and CH-47 Chinook helicopters from the Greek Army, in addition to Spanish LCM-1E landing craft from the L-61 aircraft carrier and VAMTAC ST-5 tactical vehicles from the Spanish Marine Corps.

In terms of personnel, both the Tercio de Armada (TEAR), which is the expeditionary force of the Spanish Marine Infantry, and the 32nd Marine Brigade of the Greek Army (the Greek Navy does not have its own infantry force) participated in the exercise.

This Friday, the Greek National Defense Staff published this video of the exercise, in which we see the aforementioned air and sea assets of both countries taking over a beach:

📍Volos, Greece
#SteadfastDart25

🇬🇷&🇪🇸 soldiers touching land wave after wave 🌊
Literally

Amphibious ops in full force 💪
Because missions don’t wait for dry land!!! #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether #ARF#ΓΕΕΘΑ #HNDGS #ΕΔ@Hellenic_MOD @HAspokesman @NavyGR @HAFspokesperson… pic.twitter.com/lnq7LmMC72

— ΓΕΕΘΑ-HNDGS (@hndgspio) February 14, 2025

You can see more photos of this naval exercise below, published by official sources (I indicate their origin at the end of the article).

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Photos: NATO JFC Naples / ΓΕΕΘΑ-HNDGS / Estado Mayor de la Defensa.