Deep Freeze is an annual U.S. Pacific Air Forces-led joint interagency mission to provide logistical and transportation support to the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP). Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica (JFT-SFA) coordinates strategic inter-theater airlift, tactical deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response,...
Hurricane Exercise (HURREX) 16 is a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) exercise to test NORAD and USNORTHCOM’s response to a simulated category 3 or category 4 hurricane making landfall on the Texas coast. HURREX 16 is one of the field components of Ardent Sentry, a USNORTHCOM exercise focusing on simulated weather, security and disaster...
Exercise Snow Leopard is an Italian Army 4th Alpine Infantry Regiment winter training exercise taking place in and around Val D'Oten training area. The 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) has been invited to send one company from the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment to participate.
Real Thaw is an annual exercise hosted by Portugal to develop interoperability for contingency operations between Portugal, European partner nations and the U.S. Air Force.
U.S. Army 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment Soldiers conducted platoon live fire training with the Slovene Armed Forces 10th Infantry Regiment at Pocek Training Area, Slovenia.
U.S. Army 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment Soldiers conducted marksmanship, live-fire, and airborne training with the Spanish Airborne Brigade (BRIPAC) at Chinchilla Training Area, Spain, to prepare for future exercises, increase unit lethality, improve tactical airborne proficiency, and build a foundation for future allied training with the Spanish Army BRIPAC.
Flintlock 2016 is U.S. Africa Command's premier special operations forces exercise. The exercise strengthens security institutions, promotes multilateral sharing of information, and develops interoperability among the partner nations of the Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership.
On January 19 at approximately 6:13 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time, the Marine Corps transitioned from search and rescue operations to recovery operations for two CH-53E helicopters lost off the coast of Oahu January 14.
Media seeking additional information should contact the III Marine Expeditionary Force Public Affairs Officer, Capt. Timothy Irish, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, via email:...
