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    GLOBAL LIGHTNING

    Global Lightning

    Global Lightning    

    The 78th Training Division's "Global Lightning" is one of the largest<br /> training exercises in U.S. Army Reserve history; seven U.S. locations and<br /> 12,000 service members from multiple components from the U.S Army, Navy and<br /> Air Force, along with members from numerous foreign countries.

    34 Featured Videos

    Global Lightning

    Global Lightning
    02.06.24 | Courtesy Video | AFRL
    Global Lightning is a prototyping and experimentation campaign to provide reliable, secure satellite communications to both stationary and mobile...
    Patriot Warrior 2015

    Patriot Warrior 2015
    06.21.15 | TSgt Eric Mann | 1CTCS
    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the Aerial Medical Evacuation Squadron, along with their British and Canadian counterparts train onboard a C-130...
    Patriot Warrior 2015

    Patriot Warrior 2015
    06.21.15 | TSgt Eric Mann | 1CTCS
    U.S. Air Force Airmen participating in Patriot Warrior 2015, tear down and pack up tents as the exercise draws to a close. Patriot Warrior is a...
    Patriot Warrior 2015

    Patriot Warrior 2015
    06.21.15 | Natalie Powell | 1CTCS
    Airmen and Soldiers attend the last Sunday service held by Captain Richard Degroat, Young Army Airfield Chaplain, 21 June 2015 during exercise...
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    SMDC participates in Global Lightning 2021

    SMDC participates in Global Lightning 2021
    10.28.20 | Jason Cutshaw | USA-SMDC-AFSC
    Staff Sgt. Yamil Ramirez-Lopez, a weapons operator with the 49th Missile Defense Battalion, Alaska Army National Guard, works in the Fire...
    Patriot Warrior 2015

    Patriot Warrior 2015
    06.22.15 | MSgt Joshua Garcia | 1CTCS
    U.S. Air Force Airmen take down a "UTILIS" tent system at the end of Patriot Warrior on Fort McCoy, Wis., June 22, 2015. Patriot Warrior is a...
    Patriot Warrior 2015

    Patriot Warrior 2015
    06.22.15 | MSgt Joshua Garcia | 1CTCS
    U.S. Air Force Airmen take down a "UTILIS" tent system at the end of Patriot Warrior on Fort McCoy, Wis., June 22, 2015. Patriot Warrior is a...
    Patriot Warrior 2015

    Patriot Warrior 2015
    06.22.15 | MSgt Joshua Garcia | 1CTCS
    U.S. Air Force Airmen take down a "UTILIS" tent system at the end of Patriot Warrior on Fort McCoy, Wis., June 22, 2015. Patriot Warrior is a...
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    15 Featured Stories

    SMDC participates in Global Lightning 21

    SMDC participates in Global Lightning 21
    03.15.21 | Jason Cutshaw | USA-SMDC-AFSC
    The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense worked with two of...

    2nd Space Operations Squadron strikes at...
    02.01.20 | TSgt Matthew Coleman-Foster | 50SW
    SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – First Lt. Carl Humphrey, 2nd Space Operations Squadron satellite vehicle operator, and 1st Lt. Tyler Liermann, 2nd SOPS weapons and tactics assistant flight commander, participated in Global Lightning 20, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Jan. 21 to 30

    US and British forces excel during Global...
    06.22.15 | Kiera Anderson | 78TD
    The 2015 78th Training Division’s Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 78-15-02, is the largest U.S. Army Reserve exercise in history, with more than 10,000 Soldiers conducting training operations on seven military installations throughout the United States. British and Canadian forces were also represented and trained alongside their U.S. military counterparts. A fine example of the joint forces initiative can be found by observing the...

    US Army Reservists rise to the challenge...
    06.22.15 | Kiera Anderson | 78TD
    Operations Area Freedom, upon first appearance for a U.S. Army Soldier, might not look much different than any other training site they’ve seen since Basic Combat Training. There are checkpoints, bunkers, guard towers, motor pools. Present is the hustle and bustle of service members at work, rain or shine. Yet, looks can be deceiving. Housed within this operations area and its counterparts, Justice and Patriot to name a few, is the life...
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