Rock Island Arsenal will host a 9/11 Remembrance Walk and Ceremony on September 11, 2024 to remember the lives lost 23 years ago on September 11, 2001. The 2.5-mile walk will begin at 6:30 a.m. at the Memorial Field parking lot, with marchers assembling beginning at 6 a.m. The walk will end with a placement of flags for each of those who lost their lives on that day. The ceremony will begin at...
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.
Rock Klescman 2021 is a joint US-Slovenian training exercise consisting of platoon situational training exercises and an airborne assault onto Cerklje airfield. The rotation culminates in platoon live fires which develop and validate the 2-503D Infantry's platoon-level leadership.
Exercise Rock Proof V is a bilateral training exercise between U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2-503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Slovene Armed Forces. The exercise involves platoon level Situational Training Exercises (STX), Platoon Live Fire Exercises (LFX), and crew served weapons marksmanship training.
U.S. Army 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment Soldiers conducted platoon live fire training with the Slovene Armed Forces 10th Infantry Regiment at Pocek Training Area, Slovenia.
Rock Sokol is a field training exercise between elements of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Slovenian army.
Rock Topside is a 2-503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade and Italian Army Exercise which takes place in Monte Romano Training Area, Italy. This exercise features a Battalion level airborne operation with follow on air assaults and Platoon level force-on-force maneuver training.
Europe-based U.S. Air Force aircraft and personnel are participating with the Romanian Air Force in a bilateral training exercise in Campia Turzii, Romania. F-16CJs from the 52nd Fighter Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, will participate in this event to strengthen interoperability with Romania and readiness to conduct combined air operations.