Thee Special Operations Forces Exercise NEPTUNE STRIKE 19 (NEST 19) will take place through 16 26 September, in the Romanian Armed Forces' training facilities and on Tuzla airfield.

Over 100 servicemen with almost 20 pieces of equipment from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia will participate in this exercise. The Romanian soldiers are part of the Navy's Special Operations Forces.
The Distinguished Visitors' Day of NEST 19 will be organized on Wednesday, 25 September, starting 10.00.

The journalists willing to attend the activity are requested to send their personal data (name, media institution they represent, the number of the uplink van and the Personal Identification Number) at email addresses relatii.publice02555@mapn.ro, ivanof_alex@yahoo.com up to September 20, 11.00.

Points of contact: Major Alexandru Ivanof, cell phone 0771.214.125 (Tg. Mures) and Daniel Stoenciu, cell phone 0755.415.555 (Constanta).

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NEST 19 is conducted according to a fictitious scenario associated to the hybrid war, which enables the testing of the training level of the SOF personnel subordinated to the Special Operations Forces Command.

The goal of the exercise is to increase interoperability among the participating structures by means of planning and conducting specific navy SOF joint missions and to harmonize the working procedures in multinational environment in order to ensure regional security.

The Press Office