REGIONAL COOPERATION 2019 (RC 19) is a multilateral U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) command-post exercise, held in conjunction with regional partners from Central and South Asia. Tajikistan will lead this year's exercise, which will take place 5 -16 August in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Nearly 200 personnel from the U.S., Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and observers from Pakistan will...
REGIONAL COOPERATION is the only multi-lateral USCENTCOM exercise in Central
Asia (CAS) designed to promote cooperation and enhance interoperability
among US, Central and South Asia (CASA) States, and other participating
nations. Participants include Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan,
and the United States. The exercise will be conducted in three phases: Staff
integration and...
Six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers lost their lives in the Himalayan Mountains during a helicopter mishap while helping the people of Nepal on May 12 during Operation Sahayogi Haat, "Helping Hand." Four of the Marines are members of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 and two are members of Marine Corps Installations Pacific Combat Camera. All six were deployed on a mission to bring...
Remote Island Disaster Exercise (RIDEX) is a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief exercise organized and executed by the Japan Self-Defense Force. This year is the first iteration III MEF Forces were invited to participate. This collaboration demonstrates the future of our evolving capabilities as a bilateral team to support humanitarian and disaster relief operations.
Defense Department support to the funeral in honor of Representative John R. Lewis in Alabama, Washington, D.C., and Georgia. For more information please contact the Military District of Washington, Public Affairs Office at (703) 835-6561.
Resilient Typhoon is a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)-sponsored dispersal exercise being held in Guam, Saipan, Tinian, The Federated States of Micronesia (Yap) and Palau designed to validate the command's and our regional partners' ability to maintain readiness while adapting to rapidly evolving events such as inclement weather.
Exercise Resolute Castle is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa led, multinational, joint exercise which marries U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard, as well as allied and partner nation engineering unit training opportunities with the completion of real world construction projects that enhance training capabilities in various areas of Europe's eastern member-states.
Resolute Dragon is an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Self-Defense Force that strengthens the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Resolute Dragon focuses on enhancing bilateral command and control, multi-domain maneuver, and fires and effects in a geographically distributed environment. Bilateral exercises like Resolute Dragon demonstrate the...
