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Dynamic Mongoose 17

NORTH ATLANTIC (July 2, 2017) The USS James E. Williams helicopter stops aboard the ship for an air crew change, refuelling and loading sonar buoys before returning to the sky to hunt submarines during NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose. Dynamic Mongoose is a high-end multi-national exercise designed to sharpen existing NATO Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) skills in a deep water training area. Dynamic Mongoose 2017 showcases NATO Maritime capabilities and interoperability. This year, the exercise involves more than 2,000 military and maritime personnel from 10 NATO nations as well as 5 submarines,11 ships and 8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA). NATO Photo by FRAN CPO Christian Valverde.

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Uploaded on July 6, 2017
Taken on July 2, 2017