Active Shield is an annual bilateral exercise partnering U.S and Japanese forces for the protection and defense of MCAS Iwakuni and other assets in the region in order to sustain military operations in support of the U.S.-Japan Alliance.
The Department of the Air Force's Chief Architect Office conducted the Architecture Demonstration and Evaluation 5 and 5.2 events to rapidly develop the capabilities required to increase deterrence options in competition and crisis through a data-centric software-based approach.
Adm. Robert Burke relieved Adm. James G. Foggo III as commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and commander, Allied Joint Force Command-Naples during a change of command ceremony at Joint Forces Command Headquarters in Naples, Italy, July 17, 2020.
Adm. Michelle Howard is a 1978 graduate of Gateway High School in Aurora, Colorado. She graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1982 and from the Army’s Command and General Staff College in 1998, with a Masters in Military Arts and Sciences.
Howard’s initial sea tours were aboard USS Hunley (AS 31) and USS Lexington (AVT 16). While serving aboard Lexington, she received the...
The ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN and its eight Dialogue Partners to strengthen security and defence cooperation for peace, stability, and development in the region. CTF 73 is supporting this ADDM-plus The ADMM-Plus countries include ten ASEAN Member States, namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam, and...
Slovenian Armed Forces and 173rd IBCT(A) together with NATO allies and partner nations provide realistic training scenarios involving controlling fire support from the air to assist commanders on the ground.
The Colorado Air National Guard is participating in the Slovenian-led Joint Terminal Attack Controller training exercise Adriatic Strike 2018 in the Republic of Slovenia June 4-15, 2018. Four F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Colorado Air National Guard and approximately 40 support personnel are deployed with 22 other nations to conduct interoperability training and focus joint readiness...
ADRIATIC STRIKE 21 is part of DEFENDER-EUROPE 21, which will exercise the command’s ability to integrate approximately 30,000 U.S., allied, and partner forces from 26 nations to conduct nearly-simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen nations from the Baltics, to Africa, and to the Black Sea and Balkan regions.
