I Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General Lt. Gen. George W. Smith, Jr. will relinquish command to Maj. Gen. Bradford J. Gering during a succession of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 18, 2023.
Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) is a service level training exercise (SLTE) and the annual capstone Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) training event for Marine Forces Reserve (MFR). ITX provides the premier live-fire combined arms training venue to assess readiness of designated units in support of Strategic Reserve Mobilization Requirements.
JPMRC facilitates unit readiness in the Indo-Pacific region and allows commanders to train their forces in the unique environments and conditions where they are most likely to campaign or be employed in the event of crisis. JPMRC consists of three parts: Hawaii-based training (HI), Alaska-based training (AK), and an exportable (X) capability. JPMRC leverages the unique joint training...
Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air exercises, is a large-scale aerial exercise which fosters readiness and interoperability, designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and maintainers. The two-week long exercise focuses on integration of the F-22 Raptor and F-35A...
African Lion 23 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia. The African Lion exercise is one of many annual exercises and exchanges that the Utah National Guard will support this year to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its State Partnership Program with Morocco. Primarily supporting June 4-18, the UTNG is sending...
After BMT, trainees take on the 7-week Special Warfare Candidate's Course. At SWCC, trainees learn how to keep their bodies and mind in peak shape through exercise, proper eating and more so that when they arrive at Assessment and Selection or the TACP Apprentice Course, they're ready for the challenge.
III Armored Corps deploys specified force elements into the designated JOA at Camp Carrol, ROK to support defense operation activities to validate the unit's ability to rapidly deploy and to redeploy to home station when directed by Command Authority.
Commander USPACOM is supporting the U.S. Army and Air Force display teams to participate in Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 19. This year’s LIMA exhibition marks the 15th iteration of U.S. participation and is scheduled to have aircraft and maritime vessels on display from March 26 to 30.
