{"id":56187,"date":"2024-06-12T23:45:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T21:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=56187"},"modified":"2024-11-25T19:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:27:57","slug":"the-spanish-navy-together-with-the-us-marines-in-the-baltops-24-exercise-in-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/06\/12\/the-spanish-navy-together-with-the-us-marines-in-the-baltops-24-exercise-in-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish Navy together with the US Marines in the BALTOPS 24 exercise in Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 7, NATO's Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 24 exercise began, which takes place in the Baltic Sea until the 20th.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/05\/30\/the-joint-deployment-of-the-spanish-navy-and-the-french-national-navy-in-brittany\/\">The joint deployment of the Spanish Navy and the French National Navy in Brittany<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<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><\/p>\n<p><strong>This exercise brings together more than 9,000 sailors and soldiers and more than 50 ships<\/strong> from member countries of the Atlantic Alliance. Spain has a large participation, which includes <strong>Spanish Navy personnel from the D\u00e9dalo 24 Expeditionary Combat Group<\/strong>, led by the aircraft carrier \"Juan Carlos I\" L-61. The multimedia portal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/8469312\/tf-61-2-strikfornato-assess-capabilities-aboard-juan-carlos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DVIDShub.net<\/a> of the US Armed Forces and the <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/latvijas_armija\/albums\/72177720317810257\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Army Latvian<\/a> have published some images of the Spanish participation in this exercise, specifically at the \"Me\u017eaine\" military range and in Skrunda, Latvia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787687339_31776c9d50_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An AB-212 helicopter from the 3rd Squadron of the Spanish Navy<\/strong> in Skrunda on June 10, during this exercise.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787787970_8e9820c190_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>US Marine personnel with two Spanish EAV-8B+ Harrier II Plus fighters<\/strong> of the 9th Squadron aboard the L-61 during this exercise, on June 11.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787787975_7def3219a5_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Spanish VAMTAC ST-5 tactical vehicle from the Tercio de Armada<\/strong> equipped with a Spike anti-tank missile launcher at the Me\u017eaine range.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787368771_167c531dd8_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Spanish Marine from the Tercio de Armada<\/strong> aiming his FN Minimi light machine gun at the Me\u017eaine range.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787687269_ba390421f6_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Spanish Harrier II Plus flying over Skrunda<\/strong> on June 10.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787687279_6d46ef8455_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A JLTV tactical vehicle of the US Marines<\/strong> at the Me\u017eaine range, where it coincided with the Spanish Marines of the Tercio de Armada.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787787965_09bf30ddc5_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>US and Spanish Marines<\/strong> disembarking from a Spanish AB-212 in Me\u017eaine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787368721_a7d1c854bf_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A VAMTAC ST-5 of the Tercio de Armada<\/strong>, armed with a 12.7 mm Browning M-2 machine gun, patrolling the Me\u017eaine range.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787584658_206ea2b542_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brigadier Generals Samuel L. Meyer and Andrew Priddy of the US Marines<\/strong> on a visit to L-61, accompanied by Rear Admiral David Walt of the Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786430522_fa53d1c95d_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spanish Marines<\/strong> marching through the Me\u017eaine industrial estate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786430542_f0a7ba960e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>US and Spanish Marines<\/strong> boarding an AB-212 of the Spanish Navy in Skrunda.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787368786_8d48e45b37_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A soldier from the Tercio de Armada<\/strong> in a CQC combat at the Me\u017eaine range.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787368781_6721bbcfae_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spanish and US Marines<\/strong> at the Me\u017eaine range.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53787368766_5023a5a64a_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>This exercise is the farewell to the AB-212 of the Spanish Navy<\/strong>, which in July will be withdrawn from service, proceeding to the dissolution of the 3rd Squadron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 7, NATO&#8217;s Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 24 exercise began, which takes place in the Baltic Sea until the 20th.<\/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":[19534,11545],"tags":[10433,2245,1046,11229,22101,13819,10707,1111,12858,10669,6842,673,1602],"class_list":["post-56187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-navy","tag-3a-escuadrilla","tag-9-escuadrilla","tag-agusta-bell-ab-212","tag-aircraft-carrier-juan-carlos-i-l61","tag-baltops-24-exercise","tag-joint-light-tactical-vehicle-jltv","tag-latvia","tag-mcdonnell-douglas-eav-8b-harrier-ii","tag-spanish-marine-infantry","tag-spanish-navy","tag-tercio-de-armada-tear","tag-us-marine-corps","tag-uro-vamtac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56187"}],"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=56187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}