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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.

    264 Featured Videos

    173rd Airborne Brigade Tests FPV Lethality During Swift Response 2025 in Lithuania

    173rd Airborne Brigade Tests FPV...
    05.21.25 | CPT Jennifer French | 173IBCT-A
    U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade conducted (FPV) drone training during Swift Response 2025 at Pabrade Training Area,...
    BROLL: U.S. Soldiers Conduct Wet Gap Crossing for Saber Guardian 25

    BROLL: U.S. Soldiers Conduct Wet Gap...
    06.13.25 | Amn Alexandra Dale | 5MPAD
    U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Engineer, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, alongside Italian and Romanian soldiers conducted a waterborne convoy...
    Drone POV: Sky Soldiers Use FPV Drones to Strike Targets During Swift Response 2025

    Drone POV: Sky Soldiers Use FPV Drones to...
    05.19.25 | 1LT Frank LaTorre | 173IBCT-A
    U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade used first-person view (FPV) drones to engage simulated targets at Pabradė Training...
    Bryce Vine Performs for 12 CAB and 4-2CR

    Bryce Vine Performs for 12 CAB and 4-2CR
    06.21.25 | SPC Carlos Marquez | 5MPAD
    Music artist Bryce Vine performs live for U.S. Soldiers assigned to 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment during a...
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    2,161 Featured Images

    ERDC and NATO experiment advances engineer survivability

    ERDC and NATO experiment advances...
    06.12.25 | SPC Nathan Arellano Tlaczani | USAERDC
    U.S. Soldiers assigned to 7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, transports Italian VBM Freccia at a wet gap crossing during...
    ERDC and NATO experiment advances engineer survivability

    ERDC and NATO experiment advances...
    06.08.25 | SGT Kourtney Nunnery | USAERDC
    U.S. Army Sgt. Jalen Brown, 12C Boat Crew Member assigned to the 809th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment...
    ERDC and NATO experiment advances engineer survivability

    ERDC and NATO experiment advances...
    06.10.25 | Courtesy Photo | USAERDC
    Carey Price, a senior research engineer with U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory briefs...
    Swift Response 25 Fueling Operations

    Swift Response 25 Fueling Operations
    05.15.25 | David Said | CTF68
    250515-N-TF068-1002 BARDUFOSS, Norway (May 15, 2025) - A Sailor assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalions 1 and a Soldier assigned to the 244th...
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    21 Featured Stories

    Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group Fuels Swift Response 25 in Norway

    Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support...
    05.23.25 | CPO Joseph Buliavac | CTF68
    BARDUFOSS, Norway - U.S. Navy Cargo Handling Battalions (NCHB) 1 and 11, under tactical control of Commander Task Force (CTF) 68, deployed an...
    ERDC and NATO experiment advances engineer survivability

    ERDC and NATO experiment advances...
    07.07.25 | Kaley Skaggs | USAERDC
    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), along with the NATO Military Engineering Working Group’s Camouflage, Concealment,...
    DLA Distribution Europe ensures warfighter readiness in Defender Europe exercise

    DLA Distribution Europe ensures...
    06.25.25 | Dorie Heyer | DLA
    Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Europe provided significant logistical support to the Defender Europe 2025 exercise series in recent weeks...
    310th ESC works with the V Corps for DEFENDER 25

    310th ESC works with the V Corps for...
    06.25.25 | CPT Robert Wooldridge | 310ESC
    POZNAN, Poland — DEFENDER 25, running from May 11 to June 24, 2025, is the U.S. Army's most extensive deployment exercise in Europe, involving...
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    2 Featured Audio

    Joint Force Exercises in Saber Guardian 25 - News In One June 27, 2025

    Joint Force Exercises in Saber Guardian...
    06.24.25 | Amn Alexandra Dale | AFNE
    In This News In One: U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and 12th Combat Aviation Brigade alongside Hungarian and...
    Wet Gap Crossing in Saber Guardian 25 - News In One June 20, 2025

    Wet Gap Crossing in Saber Guardian 25 -...
    06.19.25 | Amn Alexandra Dale | AFNE
    In This News In One: U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Engineer, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, alongside Italian and Romanian soldiers...

    29 Featured Graphics

    Spanish Defense Forces, I'M A DEFENDER', Light Cavalryman in Hungary

    Spanish Defense Forces, I'M A DEFENDER',...
    06.17.25 | SPC Carlos Marquez | 5MPAD
    Sgt. Clemente Fortuna, a light cavalryman with the Spanish Defense Forces, supports Defender 25 alongside NATO allies during Saber Guardian 25 in...
    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...
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