Exercise DANEX 07 is a national live fleet exercise taking place in the Baltic, the Great Belt area, the Kattegat and the Skagerrak in the timeframe August 22nd - September 11th.
Approximately 20 units from five different nations will participate as well as a large number of aircraft - fixed wing and helicopters - from both Denmark, UK, Germany and NATO.
Furthermore a variety of naval shore based units, eg. Naval Frogmancorps and naval districts, the national Home Guard and a large part of the Army, including a fully manned field hospital, will participate.
The purpose of DANEX 07 is to provide training in littoral operations, with emphasis on Crises Reaction Operations, including a Disaster Relief Operation and a Non Combat Evacuation Operation, in an out-of-area context. Both operations will involve a large number of civilians and personnel from governmental agencies, and emphasize on training cooperation with shore based units such as the Army, the national Home Guard, Danish Emergency Management Agency and the Police.