Every year, a Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade Amphibious Ready Group with a Marine Expeditionary Unit conducts annual bilateral amphibious operations with the United Arab Emirates' Armed Forces in the vicinity of the UAE in support of Iron Magic. This exercise provides a robust training opportunity to enhance capabilities in critical mission sets inherent...
Ola de Esperanza Sanadora (“Healing Wave of Hope”) is a medical IRT mission with over 510 military participants that provide health care at no-cost to patients during a two week medical exercise throughout six locations in Puerto Rico. Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) is a U.S. military training opportunity that provides real-life deployment training and readiness for military...
Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) is a U.S. military training opportunity that provides real-life deployment training and readiness for military personnel while addressing public and civil-society needs. The military services have always brought to bear their resources to help meet some of the country’s civil needs. With IRT, the Department of Defense realizes simultaneous benefits from...
The Jack Voltaic Cyber Research Project is an innovative, bottom-up approach to critical infrastructure resilience. It will build our understanding of existing cybersecurity capabilities as well as identify gaps. Jack Voltaic will contribute to a repeatable framework cities and municipalities nationwide can use to prepare. The research will also provide findings and recommendations for the...
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In order to collect, process and share data relevant to warfighters, there needs to be a digital architecture or foundation – the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). ABMS is an interconnected family [internet] of systems where data is brought into a cloud-based space by multiple sensors [warfighters, platforms, systems] and seamlessly used by operators to make quicker decisions in a...
Javelin Thrust is the largest annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve training exercise, with more than 5,000 Marines participating from units across the United States.
The purpose of Javelin Thrust 2012 is to prepare the 1st MEB (Marine Expeditionary Brigade) command element for employment as a joint task force headquarters while simultaneously training selected MARFORRES (Marine Forces Reserve)...
The Joint Civilian Orientation Conference is DOD’s oldest and most prestigious public liaison program. Established in 1948, it is the only Secretary of Defense-sponsored outreach program that enables American business and community leaders to have a full immersive experience with their military. Americans learn more about their military and the men and women who serve. Participants are fully...
