Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) and her crew departed HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) and steamed to sea for the first time for Builder’s Sea Trials, Jan. 28, 2026. After eight days of at-sea systems, equipment and operational testing by the Sailors working alongside industry and government partners, the ship returned to NNS, Feb. 4, 2026 – the operation a success....
Photo and video imagery of the Hawaii Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition
The U.S. Army Best Drone Warrior Competition highlights the Army’s elite drone operators — trained to be lethal, adaptable, and ready for global operations — proving the readiness of our combat formations and emphasizing T2COM’s work to transform how the Army generates and delivers war-winning capability.
The Aviation Center of Excellence is the Army’s hub for developing aviation...
Cross Domain Fires Concept Focused Warfighting Experiment (CDF CFWE) is a blended and distributed scaled field experiment hosted by the Fires Future Capability Directorate at Ft. Sill, OK, and supported primarily by the All Domain Sensing CFT operating at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), NM, and Aviation Future Capability Directorate operating at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), AZ, to...
From 23-25 May 2025, HQ USEUCOM, USAREUR, USAFE, NAVEUR, MARFOREUR, the USAFE Band, the USAREUR Band, the NAVEUR Band and other elements will jointly support Memorial Day ceremonies at all 21 U.S. military WWI/WWII cemeteries in Europe (France, Belgium, the UK, Italy, Luxembourg and Netherlands), to properly honor the nearly 70,000 U.S. fallen service members buried at ABMC cemeteries on...
Project Convergence Capstone 6, hosted by the U.S. Army, will take place in the Summer of 2026 in the western region of the United States. PC-C6 is a concept-driven experiment utilizing live, virtual, and constructive environments to test future concepts, capabilities and formations for the Army, Joint Force, and Multinational allies and partners. PC-C6 directly supports objectives in areas...
U.S. Army Europe and Africa will demonstrate small unit experimentation and excellence in the Army’s premier theater for transformation through the first multinational Best Drone Warfighter Competition (BDWC). Occurring Dec. 8-10, 2025, in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, the competition will test and showcase Unmanned Aerial Systems operator capabilities across participating U.S. Army,...
The CSM Jack L. Clark Jr. Best Medic Competition is a demanding, multi-day event that identifies the Army's most proficient medical teams through rigorous physical, tactical, and medical challenges designed to replicate combat conditions. Teams qualify through a tiered process, advancing from unit and command level competition where two-person teams are tested on endurance, clinical judgment,...
