The exercise will begin the 2 March and will take place in the training areas of the Tyrrhenian and Ionian, with the deployment of various components of the Navy, aimed at the resumption of training, in traditional forms of employment: maritime security operations, anti-submarine fight, antiaircraft and antinave.
The last exercise conducted shortly before the start of Operation Mare Nostrum was the Brilliant Mariner - Mare Aperto (photo) which took place in September 2013.
Source: Military Navy