{"id":56043,"date":"2024-05-30T23:49:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=56043"},"modified":"2026-05-30T00:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:07:31","slug":"the-joint-deployment-of-the-spanish-navy-and-the-french-national-navy-in-brittany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/05\/30\/the-joint-deployment-of-the-spanish-navy-and-the-french-national-navy-in-brittany\/","title":{"rendered":"The joint deployment of the Spanish Navy and the French National Navy in Brittany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/05\/25\/the-best-images-of-the-central-events-of-the-day-of-the-armed-forces-of-spain\/\">the naval stop in Gij\u00f3n<\/a>, the Expeditionary Combat Group \"D\u00e9dalo 24\" of the Spanish Navy has headed to Brittany.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/05\/01\/nato-highlights-and-shows-the-air-power-of-the-spanish-aircraft-carrier-juan-carlos-i\/\">NATO highlights and shows the 'air power' of the Spanish aircraft carrier 'Juan Carlos I'<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/29\/the-harrier-iis-of-the-spanish-navy-fly-with-f-16-and-f-4e-of-the-hellenic-air-force\/\">The Harrier IIs of the Spanish Navy fly with F-16 and F-4E of the Hellenic Air Force<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/29\/the-harrier-iis-of-the-spanish-navy-fly-with-f-16-and-f-4e-of-the-hellenic-air-force\/\">As we saw a month ago<\/a>, <strong>the activation of that Combat Group was done at the beginning of April, being scheduled in three phases:<\/strong> the first along the coasts of Greece and Turkey, the second along the coasts of Italy and the third in the Atlantic and the Baltic Sea. <strong>The Expeditionary Combat Group \"D\u00e9dalo 24\" is now in that third phase<\/strong>, specifically along the coast of Brittany.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53757278012_3c696843b5_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>El Grupo de Combate ha navegado hacia esa regi\u00f3n occidental de Francia encabezado por el portaaeronaves \"Juan Carlos I\" L-61<\/strong>, el buque insignia de la Armada Espa\u00f1ola, acompa\u00f1ado por el buque de asalto anfibio <strong>\"Galicia\" L-51<\/strong>, la fragata <strong>\"Santa Mar\u00eda\" F-81<\/strong> y el buque escuela <strong>\"Intermares\" A-41<\/strong> (sobre estas l\u00edneas), adem\u00e1s de un ala a\u00e9rea embarcada integrada, entre otras aeronaves, por los cazas EAV-8B+ Harrier II Plus de la <strong>9\u00aa Escuadrilla<\/strong> y helic\u00f3pteros SH-60B de la <strong>10\u00aa Escuadrilla<\/strong> y AB-212 de la <strong>3\u00aa Escuadrilla<\/strong> de la Flotilla de Aeronaves (FLOAN). <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Helic\u00f3pteros &#39;Gato &#39;AB-212\ud83d\ude81 y &#39;Toro&#39; SH-60 \ud83d\ude81 de la 3\u00aa y 10\u00aa Escuadrillas de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Armada_esp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Armada_esp<\/a> \u2693\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8han realizado tomas en el buque franc\u00e9s &#39;Mistral&#39; de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarineNationale?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarineNationale<\/a>\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7. Los helos &#39;Gazelle&#39; y &#39;Tigre&#39; de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/armeedeterre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@armeedeterre<\/a> lo han hecho en el portaaeronaves &#39;Juan Carlos I&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MOPS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MOPS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DEDALO24?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DEDALO24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mw3SQnzcey\">pic.twitter.com\/mw3SQnzcey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Estado Mayor Defensa \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 (@EMADmde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EMADmde\/status\/1796163148107649384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>The AB-212 of the 3rd Squadron are on their last deployment<\/strong> before being retired from service and the dissolution of their unit. On these lines we can see a video of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EMADmde\/status\/1796163148107649384\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">General Staff of the Defense (EMAD)<\/a> in which a Spanish AB-212 lands on the <strong>amphibious assault ship \"Mistral\" L9013<\/strong>, which also participates in this exercise. A Spanish SH-60B Seahawk anti-submarine helicopter from the 10th Squadron also appears in the video.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758514894_b59df6ec00_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Above these lines we can see <strong>the frigate \"Santa Mar\u00eda\"<\/strong> on its journey to France. Once they arrived off the coast of Brittany, <strong>the Spanish ships participated in joint amphibious maneuvers with the French National Navy<\/strong>. The exercise, called \"Barr Avel\", has been organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gouv.fr\/terre\/nos-unites\/nos-regiments\/3e-regiment-dinfanterie-marine\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3rd Marine Infantry Regiment (3\u00e8me RIMa) of the Troupes de Marine of the French Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758601055_2366cdc34e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that <strong>the French Marine Infantry is not organized like the Spanish<\/strong>. The Spanish Marine Infantry is completely part of the Navy, while <strong>in France there are two different corps: the Fusiliers Marins<\/strong> (Naval Rifles, part of the Navy and equivalent to the Protection Force, FUPRO, of the Spanish Marine Infantry) <strong>and the Troupes de Marine<\/strong> (Marine Troops, which despite their name, are part of the Army and are the equivalent of the Tercio de Armada, the expeditionary force of the Spanish Marine Infantry).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758183126_30433439a3_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here we see <strong>an LCM-1E landing craft of the Spanish Navy<\/strong> operating next to the flood dock of the French ship \"Mistral\". <strong>400 Spanish and French soldiers have participated in this exercise<\/strong>, as reported by the French National Navy. The exercise took place on the Quiberon peninsula, in southern Brittany. The Spanish Navy has published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7hbu5ENc_R\/?img_index=5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a series of photos on Instagram<\/a> and the French Navy has published two series of photos (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marinenationale.officiel\/posts\/pfbid0bXWpxyhT5iyNSkfFpAdX254txjE775tnHVGbxzVCLRHcD7PuqKPK5VbSLVWES5ezl?__cft__[0]=AZUoxvB-VyMOCiptCRHykwlQfotK2FgEr8azKVzgNmevsEsnqAzUs34vOfY_JFCbao9Qfth9LdbcGaBlCvc0CZ0ZSU1RknoOvbUWmWrdO980431R58TaQnLAPem6ym8E4PUhx0qH5CFgvyrnduQAfpCqvPLCTNP4q0dPrElfjxpUTOEllufN_arEWoww3tSMHcW2SCEbqZX-6T6cwxJXenQKChEIWpNieaWmnPxEH9AJ2gqCo7VOhq9NtFQ7ua8eU6U&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marinenationale.officiel\/posts\/pfbid02RofLe9Tne3k3zVgJN8tkWxTfiw8EekZWANhuk5S5tt3AHLP3EVmAcanaDH9puiNNl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) on its Facebook page. You can see them here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758601025_9abeae6ae9_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The training ship \"Intermares\" seen from the bridge of the amphibious assault ship \"Galicia\"<\/strong> on its journey to France.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758514854_97bc91b08e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A CTM landing craft of the French National Navy<\/strong> embarking soldiers of the 3rd Marine Regiment of the French Army. Inside the boat is a French VAB armored personnel carrier, armed with a 12.7 mm Browning M-2 machine gun.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758183191_0ed154aede_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Spanish marines in an LCM-1E landing craft.<\/strong> In the background we see the landing of a French Arquus Trapper VT4 all-terrain vehicle, a militarized version of the Ford Everest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758386598_7a464289f3_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>French and Spanish soldiers aboard the amphibious assault ship \"Mistral\"<\/strong>, with the national flags of both countries behind.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758600905_d43c348639_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Spanish LCM-1E landing craft, the L-605<\/strong>, operating from the flood dock of the amphibious assault ship \"Mistral\".<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53757277912_eed32345be_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spanish Marines guiding an LCM-1E landing craft<\/strong> to the beach in Brittany, during this exercise.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53757277952_12dd0dd320_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the following two photos we can see <strong>air operations on the aircraft carrier \"Juan Carlos I\"<\/strong>. The photos show the flight deck shot of two EAV-8B+ Harrier II Plus fighters of the 9th Squadron.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758600910_4fc6168443_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this second photo we also see <strong>an AB-212 helicopter of the 3rd Squadron<\/strong> behind the ship \"Juan Carlos I\".<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53758514794_e6727831b6_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the naval stop in Gij\u00f3n, the Expeditionary Combat Group \u00abD\u00e9dalo 24\u00bb of the Spanish Navy has headed to Brittany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11545],"tags":[8303,10433,22014,2245,1046,11229,17335,22013,22012,20029,10575,11127,12622,17594,18419,1111,22010,1859,10669,22015,22008,22011],"class_list":["post-56043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-navy","tag-10a-escuadrilla","tag-3a-escuadrilla","tag-3e-regiment-dinfanterie-de-marine-3eme-rima","tag-9-escuadrilla","tag-agusta-bell-ab-212","tag-aircraft-carrier-juan-carlos-i-l61","tag-amphibious-assault-ship-galicia-l-51","tag-amphibious-assault-ship-mistral-l9013","tag-arquus-trapper-vt4","tag-brittany","tag-france","tag-french-army","tag-french-navy","tag-frigate-santa-maria-f-81","tag-landing-craft-lcm-1e","tag-mcdonnell-douglas-eav-8b-harrier-ii","tag-quiberon","tag-sikorsky-sh-60-seahawk","tag-spanish-navy","tag-training-ship-intermares-a-41","tag-troupes-de-marine","tag-vehicule-de-lavant-blinde-vab"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-11 18:56:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}