Exercise Yama Sakura 77, an annual command post exercise co-sponsored by U.S.
Army Pacific (USARPAC) and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), will be
conducted at Camp Asaka, Tokyo, Japan, from December 3-16, 2019. This year’s exercise participants include the U.S. Army I Corps, the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division, and the JGSDF’s Western and Eastern Armies.
Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe (HQ USAFE) is currently developing and executing an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept. This concept envisions the use of agile operations to generate resilient airpower in a contested environment. A future USAFE ACE Concept of Operations (CONOP) will be nested under Headquarters Air Force’s (HAF) Agile Operations in a contested environment concept....
In the spring of 2019, the Army awarded a contract to four industry partners to provide non-developmental tactical systems, also known as "off the shelf" technology. The Army will provide the tactical UAS to units so Soldiers in U.S. Army Forces Command can evaluate the system under field conditions. The intent is for each unit to evaluate their assigned system in a realistic, tough training...
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of AFRICOM’s premier and largest annual, combined, joint exercise African Lion. This year’s exercise will take place April 19 through May 31 and is hosted across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia with more than 8,100 participants from over 27 nations and contingents from NATO. African Lion 24 focuses on enhancing readiness between the U.S. and partner...
Joint Warfighting Assessment 2020 is the Army’s largest annual live, multinational experiment, focused on Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). JWAs focus on refining concepts, capabilities and formations through Soldier and leader feedback at live experiments. JWA 20 features live and constructive elements and will take place in Europe from 13 April to 23 May 2020. Joint Warfighting Assessment 20...
The African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) is a four day engagement event that hosts land force chiefs from across Africa to engage in candid dialogue. This event is the eighth African Land Forces Summit. ALFS is an annual forum designed to bring land force chiefs from across Africa together to forge and strengthen relationships. ALFS 2020 is hosted by U.S. Army Africa and the Ethiopian National...
Soldiers from U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) and the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) People’s Liberation Army (PLA) participate in a Disaster Management Exchange (DME) on the Island of Hawaii from Nov. 13-26. The 2019 DME is a U.S. hosted exchange focused on an international HA/DR scenario and will occur in three parts: an Expert Academic Discussion, a Table Top Exchange, and a Practical...
IMX19 is a multinational engagement involving partners and allies from around the world in sharing knowledge and experiences across the full spectrum of defensive maritime operations. The exercise serves to demonstrate the global resolve in maintaining regional security and stability, freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce from the Suez Canal south to the Bab-el-Mandeb through the...
