Exercise Vigilant Guard 2024-2 is a Full-Scale Exercise designed to ensure effective coordination between local, state, private sector, non-governmental organizations, and federal partners. Participants will practice synchronizing emergency responses with regional assets to assess existing emergency plans. VG24-2 leverages and strengthens civilian and military relationships that enable...
Exercise Obangame Express (OE) is one of three African regional “Express” series exercises sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet (NAVEUR-NAVAF-SIXTHFLT). The exercise is designed to train NAVAF/SIXTHFLT forces while advancing AFRICOM Campaign Plan Lines of Effort.
The exercise will improve regional cooperation in...
Exercise Cutlass Express (CE) is one of three African regional “Express” series exercises sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet (NAVAF/SIXTHFLT). CE, including CE 2024 (CE 24), is designed to train NAVAF forces while advancing AFRICOM Campaign Plan Lines of Effort.
CE 24 will enhance our relationships with East African...
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense are conducting a recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission aboard the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22) off the coast of San Diego. Underway Recovery Test (URT) 11 is the eleventh in a series of tests and the first time the DoD and NASA completed a full recovery simulation with the...
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BTF Europe provides U.S. and NATO leaders with strategic options to assure, deter and defend against adversary aggression against the Alliance, throughout Europe and across the globe. Regular and routine deployments of U.S. strategic bombers provide critical touch points to train and operate alongside our Allies and Partners while bolstering our collective response to any global conflict. By...
The Dry Dock 5 Anchoring Ceremony is to celebrate an early construction milestone, marking the installation of the piles that will anchor the foundational footprint of Dry Dock 5 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. This is the first graving dock built in Pearl Harbor since 1943 and the highest value single construction project in the history of the Navy. The new...
Arctic Shock is a combined U.S. and Norwegian exercise supporting the National Strategy for the Arctic Region that enhances multi-combatant command relationships, airborne interoperability, and Arctic capabilities. The exercise takes place from March 18 to 22, in Bardufoss, Norway, with around 150 U.S. Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division and around 100 soldiers from the Norwegian Armed...
