The National Memorial Day Observance, hosted by the Department of Defense, recognizes and commemorates the fallen men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces every year on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery. Prior to the annual observance, military bands perform a prelude in the Memorial Amphitheater and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington conducts a wreath-laying at the Tomb of...
Eager Lion 24 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.
TRADEWINDS is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, combined, joint, exercise designed to expand our regional capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; improve readiness; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures; enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones; promote human rights; fully integrate women into the force; and increase maritime domain awareness...
In 2024, Medical Readiness Command, West and the Medical Center of Excellence host a joint competition featuring the MRC, W Best Leader Competition and the MEDCoE Best of the Best Competition, in addition to a chance to qualify for the Expert Field Medical Badge and the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge.
The winners of the Best Leader Competition will go on to compete at MEDCOM. And...
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing host a diverse lineup of aerial and ground, military and civilian performers during the 2024 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, May 11-12, at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. Headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the air show is a community outreach event, hosted biennially, as an expression of appreciation to its neighboring...
The U.S. Army Field Artillery School (USAFAS) and the Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill (USAFCoEFS) will conduct the inaugural 2024 GEN. Raymond T. Odierno Best Redleg Competition at Fort Sill, Oklahoma from 09-14MAY24 to identify the top howitzer crews, fire direction centers (FDC) sections and fire support teams (FiST) from across the U.S. Army. Testing will focus on Field Artillery...
Astral Knight 2024 (AK24) is U.S. European Command’s capstone Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) exercise focused on incremental development of theater-wide coalition IAMD architecture. The live-fly and combat operations will be focused in Poland & the Baltic states, with possible virtual injects that may occur outside the joint operations area to drive theater-wide considerations for...
Exercise Obangame Express (OE) is one of three African regional “Express” series exercises sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet (NAVEUR-NAVAF-SIXTHFLT). The exercise is designed to train NAVAF/SIXTHFLT forces while advancing AFRICOM Campaign Plan Lines of Effort.
The exercise will improve regional cooperation in...
