The 84th Training Command, 11th Aviation Command and Army Reserve Career
Division Joint Best Warrior Competition will be held March 21 through March
25 at Fort Knox, Ky. More than 20 competitors will vie for NCO of the Year
and Soldier of the Year Honors for each command. The winners will represent
the U.S. Army Reserve at the Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition.
CENTAM SMOKE is a quarterly training exercise hosted by Joint
Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. Central American
participants in order to build partner capacity and improve each other's
abilities to fight fires in new and demanding scenarios.
MEDRETEs support humanitarian and civic assistance operations to enhance U.S. and Central American relations and support medical training with host nation military forces, as well as government and civilian organizations.
Operation Caracol is a counter-drug partnership between the U.S. and Belize to put Belizean security forces in the front seat in terms of establishing potential areas where marijuana farms might exist, determining their impact to the drug trade in the region and then eliminating fields they identified as targets.
Operation Caravana provides the Honduran military freedom of movement and access to the isolated areas in order to continue their security operations. These troop movements and logistics re-supply flights will occur on an as-needed basis.
INIOHOS 16 is a Hellenic Air Force large force exercise in Andravida, Greece.
Established in 1997, Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course
certifies civilian pilots of historic military aircraft and U.S. Air Force
pilots to fly in formation together during upcoming air show seasons. This
year's course occurs at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on March 4-6.
Thunder & Lightning over Arizona is a biannual Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
open house event open to the public, which features aerial demonstrations
and the opportunity to learn more about the Airmen and aircraft carrying out
the Air Force mission. This year's event is themed Honoring the Past,
Inspiring the Future and is being held on March 12-13.
