Steadfast Dart, NATO's Largest Live Training Exercise This Year, Continues In Bulgaria

TSRANCHA, BULGARIA - FEBRUARY 13: Members of the Spain armed forces transport an injured soldier during the NATO exercise Steadfast Dart on February 13, 2025 in Tsrancha, Bulgaria. According to NATO, the exercise marks the first full-scale operational deployment of the Allied Reaction Force (ARF) since its creation in July 2024. It was established amid a restructuring of the Alliance's high-readiness forces, which it considers essential to an effective and credible deterrence posture in the region, after Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. (Photo by Hristo Rusev/Getty Images)