DEFENDER-Europe is an annual large-scale U.S. Army-led, multinational, joint exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between U.S., NATO and partner militaries. This year’s exercise:
• Focuses on building operational readiness and interoperability with a greater number of NATO allies and partners over a wider area of operations.
• Is defensive in nature and focused on responding to crisis if necessary.
• Demonstrates that the U.S. commitment to NATO is iron clad.... read more
DEFENDER-Europe is an annual large-scale U.S. Army-led, multinational, joint exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between U.S., NATO and partner militaries. This year’s exercise:
• Focuses on building operational readiness and interoperability with a greater number of NATO allies and partners over a wider area of operations.
• Is defensive in nature and focused on responding to crisis if necessary.
• Demonstrates that the U.S. commitment to NATO is iron clad.
• DEFENDER-Europe 22 includes more than 3,437 U.S. and 5,193 multi-national service members from 11 Allied and Partner nations.
• Operations conducted across 9 countries
• Includes strict COVID prevention and mitigation measures.
• Utilizes key ground and maritime routes bridging America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
• Exercises new high-end capabilities such as the new U.S. Army Security Force Assistance Brigades and the recently reactivated V Corps.
• Demonstrates our ability to serve as a strategic security partner while sustaining normal operations in the rest of Europe and Africa. show less
