“A major international navy drill, the largest of its kind in the Gulf, has been hailed as highly successful. The International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2013 (IMCMEX 13) that brought together more than 40 nations concluded at US Naval Forces Central Command in the Bahraini capital Manama on Thursday after two weeks of seminars and training operations in a wide spectrum of defensive operations designed to protect international commerce and trade.”
Source: Largest navy drill in Gulf ‘highly successful’ | GulfNews.com