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HOHENFELS TRAINING AREA, GERMANY – The U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division and Polish Army’s 11th Armored Cavalry Division staff built interoperable command processes while serving as Exercise Combined Resolve's high command in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 27 to Feb. 7, 2025.
Exercise Combined Resolve (CbR 25-1) is a U.S.-led NATO and partner-integrated exercise focused on combined arms interoperability. This was the first time these two U.S. and Polish divisions came together in a joint effort to establish the exercise's headquarters.
Across several functions, elements from the two division staff synchronized their communications equipment at the division level and lower echelons of the multinational fighting force.
“The key point for this exercise is to integrate [Polish] communications systems with their U.S. counterpart,” said Maj. Gen. Piotr Fajkowski, 11th Armored Cavalry Division commander. “This is very important for 11 ACD as we are designated to fall under the U.S. Army’s V Corps.”
Alongside Fajkowski is British Army Maj. Scott Russell, chief of operations for the 1st Cavalry Division. He highlighted the importance of working together and being able to build concurrent processes to execute headquarters functions such as maneuver and fires.
“We’re all learning and working hard to integrate and operate together,” said Russell. “Testing ourselves in a realistic operational environment is critical for NATO interoperability.”
One of these staff sections is the Joint Air Ground Integration Center (JAGIC), which specializes in coordinating surface-to-surface and air-to-surface fires, within designated airspace.
“Our ability to augment the 11 ACD with [JAGIC] capability is crucial for our combined formations,” said Maj. Ashley Fuqua, 1st Cavalry Division JAGIC chief.
Furthermore, the U.S. Army used Exercise CbR 25-1 to test concepts and equipment as part of the Transforming in Contact initiative. The initiative is grounded in one principle: increasing the lethality of the Army's formations by creating more agile and mobile units capable of responding to complex combat scenarios, or conflicts.
“These concepts are being tested through rigorous training, in a demanding multinational environment,” said Russell. “We’re assessing the new equipment to ensure that it’s exactly what the Army needs to enable these brigades.”
As the 1st Cavalry Division prepares for its redeployment to the United States, it uses CbR 25-1 to develop procedures for implementing Transforming in Contact in an armored formation.
“Being here to observe, catch lessons learned, understand what’s being utilized and how it’s helping them out there, will help set up 1CD for its [future] implementation of Transforming in Contact 2.0,” said Fuqua.
| Date Taken: | 02.07.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.12.2025 06:43 |
| Story ID: | 490525 |
| Location: | HOHENFELS TRAINING AREA, DE |
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