While at the RAF site, the prince, who turns 72 on Saturday, met Commonwealth soldiers from the 1st Canadian Division, the 'Red Devils' and Gurkhas from the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) Support Battalion. He was provided with an overview of the key NATO exercise - also involving the Multinational Division South East - and saw some of the new capabilities being developed by the headquarters. Divisions from Canada, Romania, US and the UK back-briefed Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps are all involved in the exercise. It will also validate and certify the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps as NATO's Warfighting Corps at readiness. It will also validate and certify the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps as NATO's Warfighting Corps at readinessThe space centre will be at the Ramstein air base in Germany and will gather information about possible threats to satellites.

Source: Daily Mail November 13, 2020 21:20 UTC