Aurora 17 is a Swedish national exercise that includes supporting forces from the U.S. and other nations. It is not a NATO exercise. Aurora 17 is the largest Swedish exercise in more than 20 years, and is intended to exercise Sweden’s defense capability against a larger, sophisticated opponent. U.S. participation, along with that of NATO Allies, partners, and Nordic countries will improve...
U.S. Army Europe will host the 2017 European Best Sniper Squad Competition at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Sept. 24-28, 2017. The mentally and physically challenging four-day competition, with more than 30 events, will test multinational sniper squads on land navigation, advanced marksmanship, medical simulations and more. The European Best Sniper Squad Competition is designed to project a...
Active Duty Airmen, Air National Guardsmen and Navy Seabees team up for a Deployment Field Training Exercise Related Construction in Israel. Units from the 210th, 219th, and 254th Red Horse Squadrons from the New Mexico, Montana, and Guam Air National Guard worked with Active Duty Navy Seabees from NMCB 133, Gulfport, Mississippi to construct facilities for upcoming multinational training...
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...
Michigan Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (1/125IN) conducts Expeditionary Deployment Operations as well as Platoon Movement to Contact and Platoon Attack Battle Drills with units of the British Royal Wessex Yeomanry (RWxY) in order increase interoperability between the two nations for future operations.
F-15Cs assigned from the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, U.K., deployed to Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, to assume lead of the NATO-led Baltic Air Policing mission on Aug. 30, 2017. The BAP mission started in April 2004 when the Baltic States joined NATO and has been executed by NATO nations continuously ever since. The U.S. has supported this NATO mission since 2005, with this...
Description: Ample Strike 17 is a Czech Republic-led close-air suppose and field training exercise incorporating air and ground assets and various NATO task forces.
Six F-15Cs comprised from the Louisiana and Florida Air National Guard and approximately 280 support Airmen and equipment from the 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Fla., deployed as the 159th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, as part of a Theater Security Package, to Keflavik, Iceland, to conduct an Air Surveillance mission in support of our NATO Alliance commitments....
