From 1941 through 1946, nearly 1,000 young men were trained as pilots, and, after successfully completing the training, they received their commissions and silver pilot wings. The Tuskegee Airmen formed the 332nd Fighter Group which originally consisted of four fighter squadrons: the 99th, the 100th, the 301st and the 302nd. They flew over 15,000 missions/sorties in the European Theater of...
Based on the Strategies for the Arctic Circle Region of the President of the United States, Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Coast Guard, and Canada. ARCTIC EAGLE 2020 (AE20) is an unclassified Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) exercise series with the intent to support partner nation and national guard participant’s training requirements. With U.S. national...
Marines and Sailors from II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Expeditionary Strike Group 2 conduct Maritime Prepositioning Force Exercise (MPFEX) 20, which focuses on sustaining proficiency in planning and executing maritime prepositioning operations. II MEF Forward will command and control the exercise from to Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. MPFEX 20 provides an opportunity for II...
Southern Strike 2020 is a large scale, joint and international combat exercise, which features counter insurgency, close air support, enroute casualty care, non-combatant evacuations and special operations. The event will be held at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss. from 30 January to 13 February 2020.
Exercise Citadel Shield - Solid Curtain 2020 is a two-part, linked anti-terrorism force protection exercise conducted by Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Commander, Navy Installations Command on all Navy installations in the continental U.S. This annual exercise is designed to enhance the readiness of Navy Security Forces and ensure seamless interoperability among the commands, other...
Northern Strike 20-2/”Winter Strike” is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from several U.S. states and coalition nations from January 20-26, 2020 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., which together comprise the Michigan National Guard's Northern Michigan joint military training complex. As part...
U.S. Army South along with paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division and Colombian military partners conduct an Airborne Assault Exercise in Tolemaida, Colombia. This U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise is part of the command's enduring promise to the region to demonstrate unity, build strong partnerships, enhance interoperability, and develop military rapid-force employment...
Rock Klescman is a 2-503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade and Slovene Armed Forces exercise which takes place in Pocek Training Area, Slovenia. The exercise features a Platoon level Live Fire Exercise and Platoon level external evaluations featuring Deployable Instrumentation System Europe and instrumented force-on-force maneuver training.
