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    DEFENDER

    DEFENDER

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    DEFENDER is the Army’s largest annual opportunity to exercise moving personnel and equipment into theater across modes for initial and follow-on operations critical to Large Scale Combat Operations. Led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the exercise focuses on the strategic deployment of CONUS-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stock and follow-on exercises demonstrating lethality and interoperability with Allies and partners.

    Highlights

    The 68th Theater Medical Command leads medical training in Lithuania

    The 68th Theater Medical Command leads...
    05.12.25 | MAJ Jesse Bien | 68TMC
    SEMBACH, Germany — The 68th Theater Medical Command will lead approximately 500 Soldiers participating in a field hospital exercise during Swift...
    U.S. and Lithuanian Medical Personnel working together

    U.S. and Lithuanian Medical Personnel...
    05.12.25 | MAJ Jesse Bien | 68TMC
    U.S. Army Soldier from the 512th Field Hospital and Lithuanian medical personnel transfer a NATO Soldier, acting as a role player, to a secondary...
    US assets depart for DEFENDER 25 exercise alongside Allies and partners

    US assets depart for DEFENDER 25 exercise...
    04.14.25 | Courtesy Story | USArmyEURAF
    WIESBADEN, Germany — Dynamic Employment of Forces to Europe for NATO Deterrence and Enhanced Readiness, DEFENDER 25, is a large-scale U.S. Army...
    NMCB 11 in Norway for DEFENDER EUROPE 2024

    NMCB 11 in Norway for DEFENDER EUROPE 2024
    04.23.24 | SA Laqdrick Bouldin | NMCB11
    BJERKVIK, Norway (April 23, 2024) - U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 assemble a medium girder bridge in...
    12th CAB AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters B-Roll

    12th CAB AH-64E Apache Guardian...
    04.12.24 | CPT Gabrielle Hildebrand | 12CAB
    B-Roll of AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters on the flight line and pilots preparing their aircraft.
    Bravo Company Mission Brief and Rehearsal

    Bravo Company Mission Brief and Rehearsal
    04.11.24 | CPT Gabrielle Hildebrand | 12CAB
    U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (Attack Battalion), 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct a...
    Bravo Company

    Bravo Company
    04.11.24 | CPT Gabrielle Hildebrand | 12CAB
    Five AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (Attack Battalion), 12th Combat Aviation...
    Bravo Company Mission Brief and Rehearsal

    Bravo Company Mission Brief and Rehearsal
    04.11.24 | CPT Gabrielle Hildebrand | 12CAB
    U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (Attack Battalion), 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct a...
    MSU-E medical personnel augment Defender 23

    MSU-E medical personnel augment Defender 23
    06.06.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the Medical Support Unit – Europe, 7th Mission Support Command augmented the 512th Field Hospital, 30th Medical...
    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist training during Saber Guardian 23

    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist...
    06.04.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and a patient with a simulated injury, are hoisted up into...
    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist training during Saber Guardian 23

    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist...
    06.04.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    U.S. Army Spc. Stephania Pointdujour, with 508th Military Police Company, simulates an injury while participating in a nine line Hospital Exercise...
    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist training during Saber Guardian 23

    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist...
    06.04.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    A U.S. Army Soldier prepares a patient with a simulated injury to be hoisted up to a HH-60M MEDEVAC Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the 3rd...
    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist training during Saber Guardian 23

    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist...
    06.04.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    A U.S. Army Soldier prepares a patient with a simulated injury to be hoisted up to a HH-60M MEDEVAC Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the 3rd...
    U.S. Army Soldiers train shoulder to shoulder with Turkish Air Force

    U.S. Army Soldiers train shoulder to...
    06.04.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    U.S. Army Col. Werner J. Barden, center, 519th Hospital Center commander, talks to Turkish coalition partners during DEFENDER 23 at Romanian Air...
    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist training during Saber Guardian 23

    U.S. Army Soldiers execute live hoist...
    06.04.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    A U.S. Army HH-60M MEDEVAC Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, lands at the 512th Field...
    CASEVAC and BG Murray visit Defender 23

    CASEVAC and BG Murray visit Defender 23
    06.06.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    U.S. Army Soldiers and Air Force Airmen practice medical techniques on an animatronic dog mannequin, referred to as a diesel dog during DEFENDER...
    CASEVAC and BG Murray visit Defender 23

    CASEVAC and BG Murray visit Defender 23
    06.06.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    U.S. Army Soldiers and Air Force Airmen practice medical techniques on an animatronic dog mannequin, referred to as a diesel dog, during DEFENDER...
    CASEVAC and BG Murray visit Defender 23

    CASEVAC and BG Murray visit Defender 23
    06.06.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    U.S. Army Soldiers, Air Force Airmen and coalition military members practice medical techniques with a U.S. Army Humvee ambulance and Air Force...
    CASEVAC and BG Murray visit Defender 23

    CASEVAC and BG Murray visit Defender 23
    06.06.23 | Thomas Mort | 221PAD
    Brig. Gen. Clinton Murray, commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Readiness Command, Europe, and U.S. Army Soldiers from Landstuhl Regional...

    887 Featured Videos

    Brig. Gen. Andrew B. Stone visits 2CR Soldier during Saber Guardian 25

    Brig. Gen. Andrew B. Stone visits 2CR...
    06.12.25 | SPC Sar Paw | 5MPAD
    U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Andrew B. Stone, the Ohio National Guard's Special Troop Command (Provisional), currently serves as the Ohio National Guard's...
    2CR Soldiers execute room clearing readiness training during Saber Guardian 25

    2CR Soldiers execute room clearing...
    06.12.25 | SPC Sar Paw | 5MPAD
    U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment conduct room clearing readiness training on “Little Moscow” as part of Saber...
    REEL: 7th Engineer Brigade and Romanian Army conduct wet gap crossing in Romania during Saber Guardian 25

    REEL: 7th Engineer Brigade and Romanian...
    06.13.25 | SGT Chandler Coats | USArmyEURAF
    U.S. Soldiers assigned to 7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, conduct a wet gap crossing with Romanian armed forces for...
    4-2CR Conducts Urban Combat Training During Saber Guardian 25

    4-2CR Conducts Urban Combat Training...
    06.10.25 | SPC Carlos Marquez | 5MPAD
    U.S. Soldiers assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conduct urban combat training during Saber Guardian 25 at ‘Little Moscow’...
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    8,269 Featured Images

    Saber Guardian 25: 2CR Range Preparation

    Saber Guardian 25: 2CR Range Preparation
    06.07.25 | PFC Francisco Torres | TSAE
    A U.S. Soldier assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, ties a sandbag during final preparations prior to the combined arms live fire...
    Saber Guardian 25: 2CR Range Preparation

    Saber Guardian 25: 2CR Range Preparation
    06.07.25 | PFC Francisco Torres | TSAE
    U.S. Soldiers assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, fill sandbags during final preparations prior to the combined arms live fire...
    Saber Guardian 25: 2CR Range Preparation

    Saber Guardian 25: 2CR Range Preparation
    06.07.25 | PFC Francisco Torres | TSAE
    A U.S. Soldier assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, scoops sand with a shovel during final preparations prior to the combined arms live...
    Saber Guardian 25: 2CR Range Preparation

    Saber Guardian 25: 2CR Range Preparation
    06.07.25 | PFC Francisco Torres | TSAE
    A U.S. Soldier assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, pours sand into bag during final preparations prior to the combined arms live fire...
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    180 Featured Stories

    U.S. Army Air Defenders Sharpen Skills in Hungary during DE 25

    U.S. Army Air Defenders Sharpen Skills in...
    06.13.25 | SFC Jacob Kohrs | 10AAMDC
    Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, a unit of the 52d Air Defense Artillery Brigade and the 10th Army...
    Michigan National Guard father and son reunited in Kosovo

    Michigan National Guard father and son...
    06.10.25 | MAJ Joe Legros | USArmyEURAF
    CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – The military has a way of bringing people together in unexpected ways, and for U.S. Army Maj. Ryan Reynolds and his...
    Vermont Soldier brings mountain expertise to NATO training in North Macedonia

    Vermont Soldier brings mountain expertise...
    06.10.25 | MAJ Joe Legros | USArmyEURAF
    KRIVOLAK, North Macedonia – Among the thousands of troops participating in Immediate Response 2025, one soldier stands out—not for rank or...

    Vermont National Guard cross-train U.S....
    06.03.25 | PFC Raul Boamah | USArmyEURAF
    U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont National Guard cross-train U.S. infantrymen and Austrian Land Force personnel on various demolition techniques, June 1-3, 2025, during Immediate Response 25, a large-scale, joint exercise with NATO Allies and Partners at the Krivolak Training Area, Krivolak, North Macedonia, taking place May 26 to June 9, as part of...
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    1 Featured Audio

    AFN Aviano Radio News: DEFENDER 23 Swift...
    05.03.23 | A1C Brandon Nelson | AFN-A
    AFN Aviano radio news reports on joint exercise DEFENDER 23 hosted by the 31st Fighter Wing for NATO allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force audio...

    47 Featured Graphics

    7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, I'M A DEFENDER', 25U Signal Operations Support Specialist in Romania

    7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater...
    06.13.25 | SPC Rayonne Bissant | 5MPAD
    Signal support operations specialists supervise, install, operate, deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, train, and assist the General Purpose User...
    7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, I'M A DEFENDER', 12B Combat Engineer in Romania

    7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater...
    06.13.25 | SPC Rayonne Bissant | 5MPAD
    Combat engineers supervise and serve as members of a team, squad, section, or platoon. They are engaged in providing mobility, counter-mobility,...
    7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, I'M A DEFENDER', 91B Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic in Romania

    7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater...
    06.13.25 | SPC Rayonne Bissant | 5MPAD
    Wheeled vehicle mechanics supervise and perform field-level maintenance and recovery operations on light and heavy wheeled vehicles, their...
    4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, I'M A DEFENDER', 19D Cavalry Scout in Hungary

    4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, I'M A...
    06.09.25 | SPC Carlos Marquez | 5MPAD
    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Adams, a cavalry scout and Defender assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, leads reconnaissance and security...
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