AFRICOM's MEDREX hosted by United States Army-Africa, pair small teams of military medical professionals from the U.S. with participating African partner nations to train alongside and share best practices in trauma and surgical medicine. U.S. personnel benefit by providing medical care in a forward and austere environment; and African partners develop closer relationships with medical...
U.S. and Japan leaders, veterans, distinguished guests and their family members gather to pay tribute to each to other and those lost during the battle of Iwo Jima. The Reunion of Honor ceremony is a testament to the strength of our alliance which has developed over 79 years.
Patrick M. Shanahan became the Acting Secretary of Defense on January 1, 2019. Prior to this assignment, he served as the 33rd Deputy Secretary of Defense, appointed on July 19, 2017. The Washington state native holds two advanced degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and spent more than 30 years at Boeing, where he led programs for commercial planes, missile defense systems...
Sea Breeze is a U.S. and Ukraine co-hosted multinational maritime exercise held in the Black Sea and is designed to enhance interoperability of participating nations and strengthen maritime security within the region.
Naval forces from several nations are scheduled to participate in mid-summer in the annual Black Sea exercise Sea Breeze. The routine, annual training exercise, co-hosted by...
The 1st Theater Sustainment Command provides mission command and operational-level sustainment support to Army, Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Forces throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsiblity. The 1st TSC, and it's subordinate units, make up over 10,000 Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve Soldiers and civilians, keep food, fuel, wather, ammunition, building...
Neon Union 19 is a bilateral air and surface maritime security operations exercise to strengthen critical warfighting capabilities and enhance interoperability and operational readiness between the United States Navy and Coast Guard with the Royal Bahrain Naval and Air Forces. This is one of many exercises in which the U.S. military participates with partner nations in the U.S. Central Command...
Flintlock 2019 is U.S. Africa Command's premier special operations forces exercise. The exercise strengthens security institutions, promotes multilateral sharing of information, and develops interoperability among the partner nations of the Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership. Approximately 2,000 personnel from more than 30 African and western nations are set to participate in this...
Sentry Aloha is an ongoing series of fighter exercises, hosted
by the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Wing, involving multiple types of
aircraft and services. Sentry Aloha provides tailored, cost effective and
realistic combat training for U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and other
Department of Defense services to provide U.S. warfighters with the skill
sets necessary to perform...
