191007-N-UB406-0052 ROTA, Spain (Oct. 7 2019) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Edward Cashman, commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group One, addresses the leadership of the multinational exercise Dynamic Mariner 2019 during a conference held in the hangar bay of the Spanish navy Galicia-class landing platform dock ship El Castilla (L-52). The NATO Maritime Command-led Dynamic Mariner/Flotex 19 (DYMR/FL19) is an exercise that test's NATO's Response Force Maritime Component and enhances the flexibility and interoperability amongst allied nations. DYMR/FL19 involves ships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from fifteen allied nations converging off the coast of Spain. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cameron Stoner/Released)