MISSION STATEMENT: Replicate a wartime ACE scenario with C2, BOS, and MGFEs, demonstrating the CC&D, tech and TTPs that will complicate Level 1/2 ground threat and groups 1-3 UAS targeting and test friendly force survivability while still generating combat power in a scripted, live-fly.
Koa Moana is comprised of approximately 200 U.S. Marines and Sailors from 1st Marine Logistics Group and I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, who will task-organize into multiple detachments with expertise in providing engineering, medical, maritime law enforcement, and explosive ordnance disposal capabilities.
U.S. Air Force Lt Gen Tony Bauernfeind, Air Force Special Operations Command outgoing commander, relinquished command of AFSOC to Lt Gen Michael Conley, AFSOC commander, on July 2, 2024 at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
Exercise Sea Breeze 2024, split into 3 serials, is a joint mine countermeasure exercise between the Bulgarian Navy, Royal Navy, Ukrainian Navy and U.S. Navy. It is an annual maritime exercise aimed at building collective capability and agility to restore security and stability in the dynamic Black Sea.
Sea Breeze 24-1 focuses on the integration and command and control of Mine Countermeasure...
Grant Hall is located on the McNair campus of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. The courtroom on the third floor is where the military tribunal for the Lincoln assassination co-conspirators was held.
Northern Strike is a National Guard Bureau sponsored, multi-component, multinational exercise designed to build readiness and enhance interoperability with allied forces to fight and win. Northern Strike 24-2, Michigan’s largest and longest exercise designed to validate readiness of the joint reserve force, is held Aug. 3 to 17, 2024 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. This year's...
The DoD Warrior Games is an annual event, first held in 2010. From July 18-26, U.S. Army Training & Doctrine Command hosts the Department of Defense Warrior Games bringing together hundreds of wounded, ill, and injured active duty and veteran military members to compete in adaptive sports as part of their recovery journeys.
USSF Colonel Nick Hague is embarking on a mission to the International Space Station in late Summer of 2024 as part of the NASA Astronaut program. Col Hague is scheduled to be the first Space Force Guardian to launch into space, further solidifying the ongoing partnership between the Department of Defense and NASA.
