Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. CARAT Brunei provides a credible venue for regional navies to share best practices, foster relationships and enhance maritime security cooperation. this year's exercise features several new events including maritime...
Kiwi Kour is designed to enhance defense relations with New Zealand through conducting multinational training and advancing interoperability between both forces. Kiwi Kour is a preliminary event in support of Southern Katipo (SK 15). KK 14 training includes combat lifesaver training; Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) scenario play; counter improvised explosive device (C-IED) training; jungle...
IMCMEX includes navies from 44 countries whose focus is to promote security through mine countermeasure operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and throughout the world.
Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.
Hawaii National Guard Joint Force Headquarters activated Army and Air National Guardsmen in support of the Hawaii County Civil Defense authorities in response to the Puna Lava flow. In addition to setting up and operating a command and control center, the Guardsman patrolled neighborhoods and monitored blocked roads as the lava advanced.
This is the fifth annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) will train with two RCN Stenka-class patrol boats. In addition to maneuvering and surface-gunnery drills,...
Exercise Southern Strike 15 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 27 through November 7, 2014. The SS15 exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground, and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and...
Kowari is an Australian army-hosted survival skills exercise designed to increase defense cooperation between forces from the U.S. (Army and Marine), Australia and China (PLA /PLN).
