Forest Light 21 is the latest exercise in its series, focusing on an extensive array of interoperability and lethality training between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. In Forest Light 21, Japanese and U.S. troops will exercise combined amphibious assault skills, integrated command and control, long-range communication and fires, and combine all functions into a...
The U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Bosnia and Herzegovina Armed Forces will be conducting an Air-to-Ground integration bilateral exercise and interoperability training.
Gen. David W. Allvin was the 40th Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. As Vice Chief, he presided over the Air Staff and served as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Requirements Oversight Council and Deputy Advisory Working Group. He assisted the Chief of Staff with organizing, training, and equipping of 685,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United...
Sweden and the United States conducted a bilateral exercise to test joint defense capabilities together with conventional and Special Forces. The partner nations cooperated through land, air, and sea components to strengthen interoperability, increase stability, and enhance security in the Baltic Sea Region.
Soldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division are taking part in a platoon exchange with the Indonesian Army in order to strengthen the partnership between the two nations militaries.
After the required two weeks of COVID-19 restriction of movement, Tropic Lightning Soldiers who arrived in Indonesia will spend...
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Checkered Flag, the largest fighter exercise in the DoD, is a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of Air Force aviators and maintainers. The two-week long exercise focuses on the integration of F-22 Raptor, F-35A Lightning II and legacy aircraft in a large-force exercise. Checkered...
MEFEX 21.1 is a command and control exercise conducted in a simulated deployed environment designed to enhance the interoperability between II Marine Expeditionary Force command element staff and its higher, adjacent, and subordinate command headquarters including, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW), 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV), 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) and 2nd Marine...
