Israeli, US, Turkish Navies Train in Mediterranean

“The objective of this exercise is to practice coordinated emergency search-and-rescue procedures in times of distress at sea and measures of safety of life at sea,” it said in a statement. Colonel Rani Ben-Yehuda, head of Israel’s naval commando unit, said in a briefing to reporters Tuesday that the maneuvers were not connected to “combat training and are not directed against any regional body.”
He said they were to help the three navies brush up their search and rescue skills in the eastern Mediterranean.