Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ali Khadour heaves line during well deck operations aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 26, 2024. Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades, will demonstrate NATO’s ability to deploy forces rapidly from across the Alliance to reinforce the defense of Europe.

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