JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Over 4,000 Soldiers from the Army Reserve, National Guard and active duty will participate in a collective training exercise on four separate military installations from Jan. 10 to Jan. 30. “Arctic Lightning” breaks up installation boundary limits, and has active duty and National Guard units participate in an Army Reserve-hosted training exercise.
The “Arctic Lightning” Warrior Exercise (WAREX) places units in a simulated austere overseas environment. The purpose of the training is for units to practice their technical discipline and warfighting functions while operating in a hostile environment. The 78th Training Division, the 75th Training Division and First Army will assess the participating units throughout the exercise. Having units from each of the Army’s components train together as part of the Army’s Total Force Policy, mirrors the realities of interdependence during contingency operations.
The 78th Training Division, from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, will facilitate the exercise using the Decisive Action Training Environment 2.0, a program that uses current intelligence to create authentic training environments from real-world scenarios. The training facilitators and participating units will be assigned to Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland and the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
“A major focus for us is to provide realism for the units assigned to our exercises,” says Brig. Gen. Bruce Hackett, the 78th Training Division commander. “We’re breaking barriers by testing a unit’s mettle in a dynamic, cold weather environment for the purpose of enhancing readiness outcomes in an exercise that looks and feels like an overseas operational environment.”
For more information about the “Arctic Lightning” exercise, contact the 78th Training Division Public Affairs, Maj. Sean Casey, sean.b.casey.mil@mail.mil or 703-717-1549.
About the 78th Training Division:
Constituted during World War I, the then 78th Infantry Division trained and organized units preparing to deploy before deploying itself during each war to fight in European theaters. Reorganized as a training division under the Army Reserve’s 84th Training Command, the 78th organizes WAREX and CSTX exercises to train and evaluate units preparing to deploy within the Army Force Generation (AFORGEN) cycle.
| Date Taken: | 01.05.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 01.05.2015 15:35 |
| Story ID: | 151372 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ, US |
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