NATO Is Having a Military Exercise. The operation is the largest NATO exercise planned for this year, and with it, European NATO partners aim to show what they can do on their own. by 6 posted onby Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.) by 8 posted onby webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?) To: Lurker; ohioman; TigersEye(NATO Is Having a Military Exercise.