ITA ETNA, Ionian Sea, south east of Sicily, Feb. 17:

ITA ETNA, Ionian Sea, south east of Sicily, Feb. 17: United States Navy Captain Walt Luthiger faces the press during the Proud Manta 11 Media Day which marked the end of Proud Manta 11. Chief of Staff of COMSUBSOUTH and Exercise Director, Luthiger was enthusiastic about the training opportunities once again offered by this annual Antisubmarine Warfare Exercise. "I am very very satisfied with the results so far although it will take time to carry out a full analysis," said Luthiger. "Especially interesting this year has been the use in the exercise of the unmanned 'gliders' developed by the NURC (NATO Undersea Research Centre) in La Spezia, Italy. The environmental information provided by the 'gliders' has proved valuable and helped everyone in that very difficult job of finding submarines that don't want to be found."