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NORTHWOOD, United Kingdom – NATO's maritime search and rescue exercise, Dynamic Mercy, involving NATO's search and rescue facilities and units kicked off in the Baltic Sea April 28. Dynamic Mercy is an annual LIVEX exercise that rehearses Search and Rescue (SAR) scenarios essential for cross-region cooperation/interaction between military and civilian Rescue Coordination Centres and mobile SAR units. The exercise, led by NATO’s Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), is designed to evaluate and improve search and rescue collaboration procedures with regional Allies and to enhance communication between Rescue Coordination Centres.

Dynamic Mercy provides an important venue for NATO to bring regional Allies together and enhance cooperation in an integral search and rescue capability that often spans beyond national borders and boundaries of our nations, and requires multinational coordination

“Dynamic Mercy provides an important venue for NATO to bring regional Allies together and enhance cooperation in an integral search and rescue capability that often spans beyond national borders and boundaries of our nations, and requires multinational coordination,” said U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Yale, a lead exercise planner assigned to MARCOM. “While the search and rescue services of participating nations are structured and organized differently, they are all motivated by the desire to save lives.”