10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soars into Sage Eagle 22

Photo By Sgt. Claudia Seal | Green Berets from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) instruct Airman from 820th Base Defense Group on how to conduct close quarter battles (CQB) drills to enhance their skills in clearing rooms during SAGE EAGLE 22 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., on Sept. 14, 2022. SAGE EAGLE 22 is an Unconventional Warfare exercise testing Special Forces ability to operate in uncertain environments employing multiple assets to complete a mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Claudia Seal)  

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES

10.14.2022

Story by Sgt. Claudia Seal 

10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. -- Operators and Enablers from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) joined conventional forces from the Army and Air Force to execute Sage Eagle 22 at White Sands Missile Range from Sept. 8-27, 2022.
Sage Eagle is a recurring, battalion sized, unconventional warfare exercise that tests Special Forces’ ability to operate in uncertain environments while training and incorporating conventional forces into an evolving contested environment to employ multiple assets and complete a mission.
“The Sage Eagle training environment replicates a complex, high threat, multi-domain and denied environment consisting of contested space, cyber and electric warfare,” said the OIC of Sage Eagle 22. “At the end of the day, the exercise enhances joint force lethality to defeat adversaries.”
The training replicated modern-day battlefield conditions consisting of infiltration platforms, ground mobility, special reconnaissance, weapons proficiency and close-quarter battle drills increasing interoperability.
The exercise kicked off with Operators training and certifying Airmen from the 820th Base Defense Group of 93d Air Ground Operations Wing and Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment and 4th Infantry Division.
“This has been a higher echelon of training we have never seen before,” said Tech Sgt. Dion Dolillo, a Security Forces Airman assigned to 820 BDG. “It’s been challenging but shows us a different side of the military we have not seen before.”
Airmen and Soldiers put the training they learned from the Green Berets to use while acting as oppositional forces during full mission profiles (FMP) during the second week of the exercise. The FMP is a culminating event incorporating all the training from the exercise to complete final objective.
“We learned a lot of new things in a lot more detail,” added Airman 1st Class Kailyn McGovern, a Security Forces Airman assigned to 820 BDG. “We got the opportunity to actually apply the skills and see how we would react in real world combat situations.”
During full mission profiles, Operators were put to the test in simulated battlefield conditions where they reacted to and broke contact, cleared rooms, conducted raids, provided convoy security, treated and evacuated casualties and reacted to improvised explosive devices.
“We have a lot of demand from various units that want to come and participate in the exercise and work with our Green Berets,” said Sage Eagle’s OIC. “We will continue these training rotations in order to prepare Special Operations Forces and the joint force to fight, survive and win in great power competitions.”

• Date Taken: 10.14.2022
• Date Posted: 10.14.2022 14:46
• Story ID: 431363
• Location: WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO, US