NORWEGIAN SEA (March 11, 2024) The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) leads a fifteen-ship formation comprised of ships from the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group and the NATO Amphibious Task Group during Exercise Nordic Response 24 in the Norwegian Sea. Front row: Prince of Wales; second row, left to right: the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), the Spanish navy frigate ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbon; third row: HMS Portland (F79), the Dutch navy multi-function support ship HNLMS Karel Doorman (A-833), the Norwegian navy patrol vessel HNOMS Magnus Lagabote (P381), the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment tanker RFA Tidespring (A136), HNOMS Olav Tyrggvason (A536), the Italian navy aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, the French navy frigate FS Normandie (D651); fourth row: the Royal Navy auxiliary landing dock ship RFA Mounts Bay, HNOMS Otto Sverdrup (F312), HNOMS Gnist (P965), the Norwegian coast guard ship Kv Bjornoya and the German navy replenishment ship FGS Bonn. Nordic Response is a multi-domain exercise taking place in the northern Nordic region March 3 through March 14, 2024. The Carrier Strike Group has been exercising F-35B strikes to simulate defense of allied territory, while simultaneously defending itself. The Amphibious Task Group has been exercising landing amphibious units ashore to retake allied territory. Nordic Response is part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24. (Royal Navy photo)