Several hundred personnel from the Gloucester-based headquarters of the NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) and its supporting units are scheduled to deploy to the Baltic Region in October and November 2015 to conduct the exercise ARRCADE FUSION 15. AF15 is the unit’s annual command post exercise which has been conducted nearly every year since the ARRC’s formation in 1992. This year,...
Exercise Rock Proof V is a bilateral training exercise between U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2-503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Slovene Armed Forces. The exercise involves platoon level Situational Training Exercises (STX), Platoon Live Fire Exercises (LFX), and crew served weapons marksmanship training.
Dacian Viper is a bilateral training exercise. An 8-ship contingent of F-16s from the 187th Fighter Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, will participate in this bilateral training event to enhance interoperability with Romania and readiness to conduct combined air operations.
Gema Bhakti is a joint, bilateral exercise which focuses on operational-level planning for a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief response scenario. The exercise, in its 3rd iteration, is designed to promote positive military relations, increase cultural awareness and enhance training and understanding of each other’s capabilities in an HADR event.
Operation Iron Angel is the Pennsylvania National Guard’s effort to support and assist government organizations and law enforcement with the safety and security of civilians during the Festival of Families where an estimated 2 million attendees are expected to gather in order to see Pope Francis.
Hosted by the Colorado Military History Group, Operation Mountain Victory sets hundreds of re-enactors, most veterans, into historical battlegrounds ranging from conflicts in Sicily through Italy, and western Europe during World War II, while using authentic armour and tactics used at the time to create an accurate depiction of war during the 1940’s.
Southern Seas/UNITAS 2015 - Southern Seas and UNITAS are U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual collaborative deployments to Central and South America to enhance regional stability and increase interoperability through engagement with partner nations.
Trident Juncture is a EUCOM-supported, NATO-led exercise and will involve 33 countries performing maneuver warfare, amphibious assault and other large-scale combat practice in Portugal, Spain and Italy. Trident Juncture will involve 36,000 troops in more than 230 units 140 aircraft, and 60 ships. The participant nations will be focusing on information sharing, threat prediction, mobility and...