Documentation of the DoD response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma in the Virgin Islands.
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.
Energy Action Month is an opportunity for the Army to reinforce key messages for Installation and Operational Energy regarding energy security, resilience and conservation as well as raise awareness of Army initiatives. Energy security underpins mission readiness. The theme of October 2017 Energy Action Month is "Energy Resilience Enables Army Readiness."
The 94th Airlift Wing has received aircraft from military installations in the Southeastern U.S. expecting severe weather from Hurricane Irma.
Dobbins Air Reserve Base is a designated hurricane reception location and has standing agreements with several military installations to provide airfield space to safely hold aircraft during severe weather. The base will accommodate approximately...
The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Commander, U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), provides support to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in conducting Wildland Fire Fighting (WFF) operations within the continental United States, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other locations as approved by the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF). Mission assignments will be...
