Sudden Response is an annual multi-echelon JTF-CS-led command post exercise to sustain proficiency in command and control of the DCRF and to prepare for the Vibrant Response annual confirmation exercise.
2020 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Best Warrior Competition.
Tropic Lightning Week 2022 is a week-long occurrence comprised of 15 competitive events taking place between battalions throughout the 25th Infantry Division. In addition to a sports competition, the Division will host a Division Run, Golf Scramble, Brick Dedication Ceremony, Music on the Lawn Concert, Tropic Lightning Foundation Induction, Light Fighter Cook-Off, Tropic Lightning's Got Talent...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S Army Col. Leland Blanchard assumes command of the District of Columbia Army National Guard, Land Component Command, Nov. 1, 2022.
Blanchard takes over as commander from Brig. Gen. Robert K. Ryan, who retired, Sept. 15.
Blanchard, a native of Englewood, Florida, most recently served as Operations Director, National Guard Bureau Arlington,...
Yama Sakura (YS) is an annual, bilateral exercise between the U.S. military and the Japan Self-Defense Forces. YS is the largest command post exercise that focuses predominantly on the bilateral and joint planning, coordination and interoperability of ground-based elements of the U.S./Japan security alliance.
Exercise Southern Vanguard is an annual U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) sponsored exercise at the operational and tactical levels to increase interoperability between the United States and Western Hemisphere forces. This year’s iteration of the exercise, Exercise Southern Vanguard 23 (ExSV23), will take place throughout November, in Tolemaida, Colombia with U.S. Army personnel training...
Yudh Abhyas 21 is a bilateral training exercise aimed at improving the combined interoperability of the Indian Army and 11th Airborne Division to increase partner capacity for conventional, complex and future contingencies throughout the Indo-Pacific region. The exercise takes place at Auli, India, where participants work together during a command post exercise and simultaneous field training...
Operation Santa Claus began in 1956 in response to a request from St. Mary’s Mission for toys for their children. Spring floods and a drought had caused a severely negative impact on fishing and hunting that year and the mission spent all of their money to pay for food to be shipped in. This left no money to buy gifts for the children for Christmas. However, upon the mission’s request for...
