U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brooke VanRosendael with Delta Company, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion shares her experience of the Civil Engagement situational training exercise during Operation Viking at Joint Base Cape Cod, Mass., July 26, 2022. Operation Viking is an intense joint task force exercise designed to prepare Soldiers with realistic training simulating deployment of civil affairs units in direct support of a contingency operation in Africa. (U.S. Army Video by Staff Sgt. Keith Thornburgh)
A Soldier who was deployed at the very beginning of the Iraq War in 2003, Lt. Col Christopher Lynge returns to his old unit after 22 years to help them once more with an overseas mission. Now a retired civilian firefighter, Lynge brings with him an extraordinary wealth of experience from both his civilian and military careers few can match.
The 360th Civil Affairs Brigade is scheduled to conduct Operation Viking, the only joint task force exercise in the Continental United States at Joint Base Cape Cod, July 17-31, 2022. Operation Viking is a high-intensity exercise including range training, mission-essential civil affairs training, and very ambitious airborne operations. These airborne operations will increase air traffic near Joint Base Cape Cod.
