The Shock series of exercises are directed by the USAREUR CG and they can take place anywhere in theater. They are no-notice Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercises (EDRE) designed to test a unit's ability to respond and conduct operations with little or no advanced warning.
Joint Warrior is a United Kingdom-led exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies and prepare participating crews to conduct combined operations while deployed.
Tonnerre Lightning is a series of exercises aimed at improving interoperability between the air forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. This exercise takes place from approximately Oct. 31 - Nov. 9, 2016. It consists of several days of refining communication procedures through mission planning, and culminating with air exercises in the U.K., led by the U.K.
Exercise Southern Strike 17 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, from October 24 through November 4, 2016. The SSTK 2017 exercise emphasized air-to-air, air-to-ground, and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and...
Northern challenge is a NAVEUR executed EOD exercise, hosted by
the Icelandic Coast Guard and open to participating NATO teams. The exercise
focuses on the rendering safe Terrorist Improvised Explosive and Sabotage
Devices and is organized by the Icelandic Coast Guard.
Hosted by Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic and executed by Commander Canadian Fleet Atlantic, Cutlass Fury 2016 is a combined, joint, maritime exercise designed to promote and enhance regional cooperation of among partner nations operating off the east coast of North America.
Four F-15Cs from the 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Fresno Air National Guard Base (ANG), Calif., and approximately 75 Airmen deployed to Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria to conduct joint air policing with the Bulgarian air force. This is the first time a NATO nation has conducted air policing in Bulgaria.
Green Flag East is a simulated combat operation held between Barksdale Air Force Base and Fort Polk, Louisiana to employ close air support and home communication between air and ground forces.
