Shared Accord is a joint exercise intended to enhance U.S. and African forces' capabilities to perform peacekeeping operations in support of United Nations and African Union mandates. Shared Accord 17, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and executed by U.S. Army Africa, seeks to enhance U.S. and other participating nations and organizations capabilities, and bilateral and regional relationships.
Georgia National Guard Soldiers of 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) rotation 17-04 at Fort Stewart. XCTC 17-04 is a three-week long exercise to certify the brigade's readiness to the platoon level. 48IBCT is an associated unit of 3rd Infantry Division. The division facilitates and supports XCTC to enhance training value and provide tough,...
Warriors from multiple Army units around the Pacific compete in the Pacific Theater Week Best Warrior Competition, a grueling, week-long competition held in multiple training areas throughout Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. Fourteen Soldiers representing seven U.S. Army units will test their skills and knowledge against each other and Army standards. One of these professionals will...
Exportable Combat Training Capability is a series of training exercises between an active-duty U.S. Army brigade and an Army National Guard brigade, intended to increase the skills and readiness of National Guard units.
An exercise co-led by Romanian Land Forces and U.S. Army Europe, taking place from June 3-24 at various locations in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. Included among the many different training events at Saber Guardian 2019, there will be vehicle road marches, a medical exercise, multiple river crossings and an air assault. Saber Guardian is designed to improve the integration of multinational...
B-52 Stratofortress', B-1 Lancer's and B-2 Spirit bombers deploy to Royal Air Force Fairford, England, to exercise skill-sets in a forward environment. These exercises validate the vital role RAF Fairford plays in projecting the Department of Defense's strategic bomber force to other areas of responsibility. While at RAF Fairford, B-52s will participate in BALTOPS 17 and SABER STRIKE 17,...
Exercise Talisman Sabre is a U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM)-sponsored exercise that trains USPACOM forces in a high-end, mid-intensity warfighting scenario involving a Combined Task Force (CTF). Talisman Sabre is designed to improve U.S./Australian combat training, readiness and interoperability, demonstrating U.S. resolve to support security operations to a key ally in the region.
The 28 Days in Air Force Global Strike Command project highlights the command's mission, its culture of special trust and responsibility and the 25,000 Airmen who provide safe, secure and effective combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations.
