Garuda Shield is a regularly-scheduled, bilateral exercise sponsored by the U.S. Army Pacific and hosted annually by the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI-Indonesian Armed Forces). This year marks the eighth iteration of this continuing effort to promote regional peace and security. Approximately 500 U.S. Army Pacific personnel from Hawaii and Washington, and 700 Indonesians soldiers will...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine Marine Corps have invited U.S. Marines and Sailors from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group to participate in the 33rd iteration of the Philippines Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX 33), 4 to 12 October on multiple locations in Luzon and Palawan. PHIBLEX 33 will include approximately 1,400...
Northern Strike 2014 is a National Guard Bureau sponsored Joint Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) emphasizing the Theatre Air Control and Army Air Ground Systems (TACS/AAGS) within the Theatre Air Ground System (TAGS). It blends Maneuver, Close Air Support (CAS), Joint Fire Support, and Air Mobility in both Major Combat Operations and limited Operation Enduring Freedom...
1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (I MEB) military members and forces from the 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group are scheduled to participate in Large Scale Exercise 2014 (LSE-14), a joint, bilateral training exercise, from August 8-14. Training will focus on contingency operations that will test the ability of the MAGTF to conduct shaping, fires, and maneuver operations through live, virtual...
The United States and Asia Pacific regional partners are hosting Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Exercise Fortune Guard 2014, the debut exercise in the new annual PSI Asia-Pacific Exercise Rotation August 4-7, 2014 Honolulu, Hawaii.
The exercise is designed to address the full range of weapons of mass destruction interdiction-related skill sets, from whole-of-government rapid...
PANAMAX 2014, an annual U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)-sponsored multinational exercise focused on ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal, will take place Aug. 8-14 at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.
USSOUTHCOM and Marine Corps Forces South personnel, headquartered in Miami, as well as personnel at Navy Forces South in Mayport Naval Station, Jacksonville, Fla., and Air Forces Southern...
Tropic Care 2014 is an Innovative Readiness Training mission directed by the Office of the Assistant of the Secretary of Defense which allows the Reserves of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, and the Hawaii National Guard to work in a joint-services and civil-military environment while providing health care services to the communities of Kaua'i at no cost to the people. Tropic Care...
The Integrated Training Exercise is the largest Marine Corps Reserve exercise of the year and takes place at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, California. It allows Marine reserve units from across the United States to practice increasingly complex tactics, techniques and procedures leading up to a scenario-driven final exercise.
