The 78th Training Division's "Global Lightning" is one of the largest<br />
training exercises in U.S. Army Reserve history; seven U.S. locations and<br />
12,000 service members from multiple components from the U.S Army, Navy and<br />
Air Force, along with members from numerous foreign countries.
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – First Lt. Carl Humphrey, 2nd Space Operations Squadron satellite vehicle operator, and 1st Lt. Tyler Liermann, 2nd SOPS weapons and tactics assistant flight commander, participated in Global Lightning 20, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Jan. 21 to 30
The 2015 78th Training Division’s Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 78-15-02, is the largest U.S. Army Reserve exercise in history, with more than 10,000 Soldiers conducting training operations on seven military installations throughout the United States. British and Canadian forces were also represented and trained alongside their U.S. military counterparts. A fine example of the joint forces initiative can be found by observing the...
Operations Area Freedom, upon first appearance for a U.S. Army Soldier, might not look much different than any other training site they’ve seen since Basic Combat Training. There are checkpoints, bunkers, guard towers, motor pools. Present is the hustle and bustle of service members at work, rain or shine. Yet, looks can be deceiving. Housed within this operations area and its counterparts, Justice and Patriot to name a few, is the life...