The Navy deploys the ‘Dédalo 24’ Expeditionary Battle Group to the Mediterranean

The deployment will last more than four months and will be divided into three phases that will take place in different areas of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

This Wednesday, 3rd of April, a new deployment of the Expeditionary Battle Group "Dédalo-24" will begin in Mediterranean and Atlantic waters, which will last until the beginning of July.

The "Dédalo-24" Group, under the command of the Commander of the Fleet Amphibious and Projection Group, Rear Admiral Gonzalo Villar Rodríguez, will be made up of the following ships and units: "Juan Carlos I", amphibious ship "Galicia", the war ships "Blas de Lezo" and "Reina Sofía", the Reinforced Landing Battalion I of the Tercio de Armada, an embarked air unit composed of "Harrier" AV8 aircraft and helicopters and the landing craft type LCM-8 of the Beach Group.

The deployment will include activities off the coasts of Greece and Turkey in the first phase, Italy in the second phase, before moving to the Atlantic in Phase III, taking part in the Armed Forces Day in Gijón and sailing in the waters of the Baltic Sea before ending this important deployment at the beginning of July.

The Navy will deploy this Group, of a markedly amphibious and naval air nature, within the framework of the Alliance's deterrence and defense strategy with the aim of increasing its preparation of forces for the NATO Readiness Initiative (NRI) or integration into allied deployments.

This deployment will also serve to carry out naval activities both within NATO and bilaterally with allied and friendly countries and consolidate the momentum acquired by these deployments over the past year, 2023, and continue to demonstrate Spain's commitment to its allies.