U.S.Lt. Col. George Mattar, a Citadel alumni and former Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE) commander, was killed on Jan. 13, 1982 when his flight, Florida Airlines No. 90, crashed into the waters of the Potomac River. Aboard this flight were 74 passengers, of which only six survived. Also killed were Maj. Ralph Herman, JCSE's Chief of Operations, and Sergeant Major James Dixon. In...
U.S. Soldiers with the Texas Army National Guard, in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force, conducted a simulated airfield seizure operation.
U.S.-UK Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX) is a NAVCENT-led, bi-lateral exercise with the Royal Navy conducted quarterly to increase mutual ability to support and execute coalition mine warfare operations and to enhance military-to-military relationship.
The Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop - a Fort Bragg airborne operation
tradition and collective training exercise - is set to begin in early
December. Operation Toy Drop combines U.S. Army Reserve personnel, Army
paratroopers, dozens of volunteers and partner nation military personnel,
more than a dozen Air Force aircraft and toys.all for what has become the
world's largest...
Razor Talon is the premiere training initiative that provides a low-cost large force exercise (LFE) training opportunity for joint East Coast tactical and support aviation units it offers limitless Joint integration opportunities for Marines/AF/Navy/Army/Coast Guard.
Yama Sakura (YS) is an annual, bilateral exercise with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and the U.S. Military. Yama Sakura is a U.S. Army Pacific simulation-driven, joint, bilateral command post exercise between U.S. Army I Corps and JGSDF Eastern Army as the player units. The purpose of the exercise is to enhance U.S. and Japan’s combat readiness and interoperability while...
Tiger Balm/ Lightning Strike is a U.S. Army Pacific sponsored Theater Security Cooperation Program exercise conducted annually with the Singapore Army, to enhance interoperability and country-to-country military relationships. The major bilateral components of the event include a brigade-level command post exercise, a company-level field training exercise and several live-fire exercises...
The DME is a bilateral exchange between the Chinese, People's Liberation Army (PLA), interagency humanitarian aid and disaster relief organizations and U.S. Army Pacific. The PLA hosted a DME in the Guangzhou Military Region in January 2015, the current DME is being held at Yakima Training Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. The DME focuses on disaster response missions and improves U.S....
