Desert Scimitar 2015 is a 1st Marine Division live-fire, command and control, combined arms exercise. The focus of this training is to ensure that 1st Marine Division is fully prepared to deploy as a military force across the full spectrum of conflict and is capable of responding to any crisis across the globe. The best way for 1st Marine Division to achieve this level of Marine Corps’...
Paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and British paratroopers from the 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, 16 Air Assault Brigade, participate in the multi-national global response exercise Combined Joint Operational Access Exercise 15-01 at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 13-20, 2015. The exercise demonstrates air interoperability between active duty and Air...
The U.S. Army has approved the awarding of the Purple Heart or the Defense of Freedom, a civilian counterpart medal, to the soldiers and civilians wounded in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead and more than two dozen wounded in 2009.
The two-phase training event focuses on refining peacekeeping and peace support operations tasks, while improving interoperability and military cooperation with key partner nations. Participants include U.S., UK and Kazakhstani soldiers. Steppe Eagle provides multilateral forces with the opportunity to promote cooperation among participating forces, practice crisis management, and enhance...
2015 Army Birthday Ball b-roll video in support of the 240th Army Birthday.
Arctic Eagle is a joint service and international exercise, based on the
U.S. and Denmark National Strategies for the Arctic, addressing the defense
of critical infrastructure within the Arctic Circle.
Central Accord is an annual-joint-peacekeeping exercise focused on command proficiency for a United Nations peacekeeping operation; improving multi-echelon operations; developing multinational logistical and communications capabilities in an austere, forward environment; and improving regional ability to command, control, and support forward deployed forces. CA15 will exercise a scenario in...
Red Flag-Alaska is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.
