{"id":19023,"date":"2020-04-16T15:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/16\/major-maritime-exercise-in-the-baltic-region-could-be-scaled-back-over-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:46:12","slug":"major-maritime-exercise-in-the-baltic-region-could-be-scaled-back-over-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2020\/04\/16\/major-maritime-exercise-in-the-baltic-region-could-be-scaled-back-over-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Major maritime exercise in the Baltic region could be scaled back over COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annual large-scale maritime exercise in the Baltic region dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/06\/19\/relearning-the-lessons-of-baltops\/\" target=\"_blank\">BALTOPS<\/a> is still slated to kick off but could be scaled back or canceled over COVID-19, according to the commander of U.S. European Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/24\/unsafe-intercepts-involving-nato-aircraft-have-decreased-and-often-are-the-result-of-a-hot-dogging-pilot-top-general-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tod D. Wolters<\/a>, the EUCOM commander, told reporters Thursday that the BALTOPS exercise \u2014 which usually kicks off around June \u2014 was still on the table, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/03\/top-us-military-commander-in-europe-says-more-javelins-will-help-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">EUCOM<\/a> and NATO are still assessing \u201ceach and every one\u201d of its activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolters is also serves as NATO\u2019s Supreme Allied Commander Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith each passing second of the day we are taking a look at each and every one of our activities to make sure that we can potentially preserve as many as possible,\u201d Wolters said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/03\/18\/covid-19-dampens-european-exercise-but-army-chief-says-all-is-not-lost\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DefenderEurope.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">COVID-19 dampens European exercise, but US Army chief says all is not lost<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While Defender Europe was scaled back due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Army has still learned lessons it hoped to take away from the division-sized exercise.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canceling or scaling back the BATLOPS exercise would be another setback for the U.S. and NATO in their preparation to prepare the alliance to confront a bellicose Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EUCOM was already forced to drastically scale back the large-scale Defender Europe exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of linked exercises associated with Defender Europe such as Dynamic Front, the Army Joint Warfighting Assessment, Saber Strike and Swift Response, were canceled over COVID-19 concerns, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/smr\/army-modernization\/2020\/03\/18\/covid-19-dampens-european-exercise-but-army-chief-says-all-is-not-lost\/\" target=_blank>Defense News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we think it\u2019s feasible based off the size of the exercise, the complexity of the 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