The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is deploying approximately 250 Airmen, 12 F-16C Fighting Falcons and support equipment to Campia Turzii, Romania, from May 1 to July 22, 2019 as a part of a Theater Security Package (TSP) in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The Airmen and aircraft are assigned to the 475th Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. This is the...
Department of Defense Lab Day 2019
Ola de Esperanza Sanadora (“Healing Wave of Hope”) is a medical IRT mission with over 510 military participants that provide health care at no-cost to patients during a two week medical exercise throughout six locations in Puerto Rico. Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) is a U.S. military training opportunity that provides real-life deployment training and readiness for military...
2019 marks the 25th year of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT),
the U.S. Navy's oldest and longest continually-running exercise in South and
Southeast Asia. CARAT strengthens partnerships between regional navies and
enhances maritime security cooperation throughout the Indo-Pacific.
The CARAT exercise began in 1995 and remains a model of cooperation that has
evolved...
The AFRC Port Dawg Challenge is a biennial competition created to enhance and maintain the camaraderie, esprit de corps and prestige of aerial port Airmen while promoting professionalism, leadership, training and communication between "Port Dawgs."
The Weapons and Tactics Instructor course is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force. WTI also provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine...
Exercise Lightning Strike is a 25th Infantry Division level exercise held at Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii which trains squads up to the division staff.
Synchronized by the division staff, an aviation squadron, cavalry squadron, field artillery battalion and sustainment units come together in a consolidated effort defeat the enemy. The exercise also tests muli-domian operations in...
Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS), the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, takes place in the Baltic Sea from June 1-15. As in past iterations, ground, maritime, and air forces will work together to exercise air defense, maritime interdiction, anti-subsurface warfare, mine countermeasures, and amphibious operations in order to strengthen the development of our joint...
