The Integrated Defense Leadership Course is an intensely focused, two-week, hands-on training program for Air Force Security Forces Defenders to achieve and maintain combat readiness. The IDLC is based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, and uses training grounds at nearby Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center.
Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, combined, joint, exercise designed to expand our regional capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; improve readiness; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures; enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones; promote human rights; fully integrate women into the force; and increase maritime domain awareness...
Arcane Thunder 26 is a Multi-Domain Command - Europe exercise with U.S. Army and multinational partners in April 2026 in the European Theater and across the United States. This exercise will integrate joint forces, Allies, and partner capabilities to strengthen our ability to defend U.S. homeland and the protect our Allies.
RAZOR TALON 23-1, is an agile combat employment focused exercise, designed to test the 4th Fighter Wing’s ability to operate as a Lead Wing to generate combat airpower while continuing to move, maneuver and sustain the wing and subordinate force elements in a dynamic contested environment.
The Combat Ammunition Production Exercise (CAPEX) is a non-rated, non-aircraft, mass, live-munitions production exercise in support of air tasking orders. CAPEX is the best available tool in the logistics community to evaluate munitions combat readiness, BSP adequacy, and TTPs. The exercise reinforces combat planning and production concepts taught at the Air Force Combat Ammunition Center...
Fuerzas Amigas 2023 is a binational disaster response exercise between the U.S. and Mexican militaries Aug. 14-18, 2023, held across multiple city along the United States and Mexican border. The purpose of this annual exercise is to improve readiness and strengthen the two nations' cooperative relationship. Joint Task Force Civil support, under the operational control of U.S. Army North, will...
Intrepid Maven (IM) 23.4 is a bilateral U. S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command-Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) exercise designed to contribute to Marine Corps-JAF interoperability while also enhancing both bilateral relations and unit readiness.
Northern Strike is an Army National Guard sponsored, multi-component, multinational exercise designed to build readiness and enhance interoperability with allied forces to fight and win. Northern Strike 23-2, Michigan’s largest and longest exercise designed to validate readiness of the joint reserve force, is held Aug. 5 to 19, 2023 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. This year's...
