Exercise Viking Star is an Overseas Deployment for Training (ODT) involving the 1-125th Infantry Regiment of the Michigan Army National Guard. Soldiers from Bravo Company based in Saginaw, Michigan, conduct combative training, orienteering and joint live fire exercises with the Danish Home Guard and Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry. The exercise promotes collaboration with allied partners and...
The ORCA 25 is a full-scale multi-agency, all-hazards chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear high-yield explosives (CBRNE) exercise. This exercise is designed to reinforce interagency coordination and interoperability among WMD-CSTs, local stakeholders, and state and federal partners. By simulating CBRNE-related incidents in Juneau, ORCA 25 provided a realistic and challenging...
Former Soldiers and their families, along with community members and local officials, gathered today at the Whitmire Armory to honor its historic legacy and the citizen-Soldiers who trained within its walls. The occasion marked the dedication of a commemorative plaque recognizing the generations of service members who have passed through the armory since 1961.
NEXUS RISING 25-01 prepares 349 AMW Citizen Airmen to project decisive power in contested environments, strengthening national deterrence in support of the Air Force’s dynamic all-domain combat operations, focusing on joint and multinational interoperability. NEXUS RISING is a multifaceted exercise testing the Wing's ability to perform Agile Combat Support (ACS) taskings and support...
Large Scale Global Exercise 2024 is a Department of Defense exercise coordinated by U.S. European Command in collaboration with all U.S. DoD combatant commands and will incorporate forces from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Space and Cyber forces. These U.S. forces, operating alongside Allies and partners, will demonstrate joint and multinational military cooperation and shared...
The African Alumni Symposium is an annual multinational engagement designed to bring African partner alumni of U.S. professional military education programs together to strengthen alumni relationships with the U.S. Army, facilitate discussion about African security issues and regional cooperation, and provide an opportunity for participants to network.
The 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in coordination with the 944th ASTS from Luke AFB, Arizona, conducted a large-scale joint medical exercise at Wright-Patterson AFB that simulated medical operations post invasion in a contested space June 6-7, 2025.
Exercise SOUTHERN STAR 25 is a Chilean led, full-scale Special Operations, Joint, and Combined Employment Exercise. The multinational exercise is focused on strengthening readiness, capabilities, and interoperability of participating forces. SOUTHERN STAR is sponsored by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and executed under the responsibility of Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH).
