News
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| 03 Mar. 2025 |  | Two of NATO’s naval task groups have taken part in NATO’s largest exercise of 2025, Exercise Steadfast Dart, in the Aegean Sea. The exercise took place from 10 - 17 February 2025. |
| 08 Jan. 2025 | With the logistic movements of the Allied Reaction Force (ARF) Headquarters Command Post, Steadfast Dart 2025 (STDT25) is ready to start. The exercise is the first large-scale deployment of the ARF since its establishment last year. It is aimed to test the deployable capabilities and procedures as well as the interoperability among the troop contributors and host nations. | |
| 30 Sep. 2024 |  |
First deployment of NATO ARF to focus on readiness support to KFOR Approximately 200 personnel from NATO’s newly established Allied Reaction Force (ARF) will deploy to the Western Balkans from 30 September to 16 October 2024, to conduct training to ensure its readiness and to support the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR).This is the first time any element of the ARF has deployed since the organisation was stood up in July 2024. |
| 01 Jul. 2024 |  | A ceremony was held on July 1, 2024, in Solbiate Olona, Italy to officially stand-up NATO’s new Allied Reaction Force (ARF), marking a significant milestone in enhancing NATO’s collective defence. |
| 01 Jun. 2024 |
First test for the Allied Reaction Force in NATO Exercise Steadfast Deterrence 2024 Allied Nations participate in NATO’s first major joint exercise for the multi-domain Allied Reaction Force (ARF), exercise Steadfast Deterrence 2024, from May 21 – 30, 2024. |
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| 30 May. 2024 |  | Scheduled by Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and directed by the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC), Steadfast Deterrence 2024 was designed to train and evaluate NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy (NRDC-ITA) as NATO’s first ARF Headquarters. |
| 15 May. 2023 |  |
US demonstrates readiness to reinforce NATO battlegroup in Poland The United States has shown its ability to rapidly deploy reinforcements to the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Poland, expanding its capabilities from a battalion to a brigade-level element. This advancement aligns with NATO's new Force Model, designed to strengthen the Alliance's unified response, and is in line with the 2022 NATO Summit's decisions. |
| 10 May. 2023 |  | On 10 May 2023, NATO’s highest Military Authority, the Military Committee, is meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The meeting brings together Allied Chiefs of Defence and their invitee counterpart from Sweden. The Chiefs of Defence are supported by General Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and General Philippe Lavigne, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT). NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joined the meeting’s first session to address the Alliance’s key priorities and challenges ahead of the Vilnius Summit. |
| 24 Apr. 2023 |  |
NATO Chiefs of Defence convene virtual meeting to discuss summit deliverables On 24 April 2023, the Allied Chiefs of Defence and Invitee Sweden held a virtual meeting of the NATO Military Committee to discuss the ongoing work on military planning for collective defence. |