Wessex Storm is an annual maneuver exercise for British Forces, integrating NATO allies and partners. The exercise scenarios involve attacks in the open and in built-up areas, long moves over ground of personnel and vehicles, live-fire exercises and Airborne operations. This year, U.S. paratroopers assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade support the British Army's 1st Battalion, Royal Irish...
Western Accord 2012 is a joint and multi-lateral exercise between the U.S., Senegalese and several West African nations taking place June 26 - July 24 in Thiès, Senegal. The exercise will involve more than 600 U.S. service members and approximately 600 members of the Armed Forces of Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gambia and France. Supporting units include:
Marine Forces Reserve
U.S....
Western Accord 15 is a U.S. Army Africa command post exercise designed to increase MINUSMA capacity to plan, deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy a MINUSMA-lead and U.S.-sponsored combined joint task force in support of UN/AU-mandated peace support operations.
Western Accord 16 is a U.S. Army Africa and Burkina Faso Defense Force CPX designed to increase the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. (MINUSMA) capacity to plan, deploy, sustain and redeploy a MINUSMA-lead and U.S.-sponsored combined joint task force in support of UN and African Union-mandated peace support operations.
Fighter operations will be conducted in the western Pacific to provide opportunities for Pacific Air Forces to improve readiness of the forces, build experience and competence in dynamic force employment (DFE) processes and concepts, and demonstrate the United States’ continued commitment to allies and partners and to a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
Wideband Global SATCOM provides anytime, anywhere communication for
soldiers, sailors, Airmen, Marines, and international partners through
broadcast, multicast, and point-to-point connections. In January 2012,
Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and New Zealand signed a
multilateral Memorandum of Understanding with the United States, agreeing to
fund the procurement of the ninth...
The White House Communications Agency (WHCA) is a one-of-a-kind Department of Defense joint service organization dedicated to providing premier information services and communications support to the president.
On February 29, the White House launches the first National Week at the Labs in conjunction with the White House Council on Women and Girls (CWG) and My Brother's Keeper (MBK) to bring together scientists, engineers, and lab workers to engage students, especially those in underserved communities, in STEM related activities. Throughout the week, nearly 70 National Labs in more than 20 states,...