Fleet Week is an annual, multi-day celebration of our nation’s Sea Services held on the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles over the Memorial Day Weekend. Free to the public, the event features public ship tours, military displays and equipment demonstrations, live entertainment, aircraft flyovers, and a Galley Wars culinary cook-off competition between Navy, Army, Marine and Coastguard...
Fuerzas Amigas 2024 is a binational disaster response exercise between the U.S. and Mexican militaries June 24-28, 2024, held across multiple cities along the United States and Mexican border. The purpose of this annual exercise is to improve readiness and strengthen the two nations' cooperative relationship. Joint Task Force Civil support, under the operational control of U.S. Army North,...
For 66 years, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command has led the advancement of military medicine through research-based battlefield solutions. We remain committed to solving the unique military medical challenges of today and tomorrow. Staying at the forefront of advanced medical capabilities requires constant transformation. Names change and organizations realign but critical...
The National Memorial Day Observance, hosted by the Department of Defense, recognizes and commemorates the fallen men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces every year on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery. Prior to the annual observance, military bands perform a prelude in the Memorial Amphitheater and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington conducts a wreath-laying at the Tomb of...
The Gen. Omar N. Bradley Competition is an internal competition that First Army Division West hosts annually. The purpose of the Best Observer Controller/Trainer Competition (BOC/TC) is to identify Officers, Warrant Officers, & Noncommissioned Officers (NCO), who demonstrate outstanding OC/T, military performance, leadership, and achievement in their daily duties. The DW 2024 BOC/TC will be...
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing host a diverse lineup of aerial and ground, military and civilian performers during the 2024 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, May 11-12, at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. Headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the air show is a community outreach event, hosted biennially, as an expression of appreciation to its neighboring...
Resolute Sentinel is a 12th Air Force (Air Force Southern)-led U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) exercise that provides joint training and improved readiness for U.S. and partner nation military personnel through combat interoperability and disaster response training, space domain awareness, medical and legal exchanges, training, humanitarian aid and construction projects.
In 2024, Medical Readiness Command, West and the Medical Center of Excellence host a joint competition featuring the MRC, W Best Leader Competition and the MEDCoE Best of the Best Competition, in addition to a chance to qualify for the Expert Field Medical Badge and the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge.
The winners of the Best Leader Competition will go on to compete at MEDCOM. And...
