Overview
- The exercise began on Thursday, September 10 with parachute landings at the Marnewaard training area and ground forces moving east across the region.
- Defence says roughly 600 personnel are taking part along with dozens of vehicles and several drones as units practise realistic, sustained operations.
- Troops are operating in full camouflage, armed and carrying supplies to sustain themselves for about 48 hours while using practice ammunition that can cause loud bangs at night.
- Officials issued specific local warnings listing villages and time windows when noise is likely, including 00:00–02:00 and 18:00–21:00 on September 10 and 01:00–04:00 in the night of September 10–11.
- Local coverage includes an opinion piece arguing Defence must have room to train and Defence says the exercise will improve multinational readiness and procedures that affect future deployments.