Exercise Cutlass Express (CE) is one of three African regional “Express” series exercises sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet (NAVAF/SIXTHFLT). CE, including CE 2024 (CE 24), is designed to train NAVAF forces while advancing AFRICOM Campaign Plan Lines of Effort.
CE 24 will enhance our relationships with East African...
The Dry Dock 5 Anchoring Ceremony is to celebrate an early construction milestone, marking the installation of the piles that will anchor the foundational footprint of Dry Dock 5 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. This is the first graving dock built in Pearl Harbor since 1943 and the highest value single construction project in the history of the Navy. The new...
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BTF Europe provides U.S. and NATO leaders with strategic options to assure, deter and defend against adversary aggression against the Alliance, throughout Europe and across the globe. Regular and routine deployments of U.S. strategic bombers provide critical touch points to train and operate alongside our Allies and Partners while bolstering our collective response to any global conflict. By...
Arctic Shock is a combined U.S. and Norwegian exercise supporting the National Strategy for the Arctic Region that enhances multi-combatant command relationships, airborne interoperability, and Arctic capabilities. The exercise takes place from March 18 to 22, in Bardufoss, Norway, with around 150 U.S. Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division and around 100 soldiers from the Norwegian Armed...
Steadfast Defender 2024 will validate NATO’s ability to deploy forces rapidly from North America and other parts of the Alliance to reinforce the defense of Europe, and it will showcase NATO’s ability to conduct and sustain complex multi-domain operations over several months, across thousands of miles, and in any conditions, from the High North to Central and Eastern Europe. Exercise...
Nordic Response, formerly known as Cold Response, is a NATO training event conducted every two years to promote military competency in arctic environments and to foster interoperability between the Marine Corps and allied nations.
Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, combined, joint, exercise designed to expand our regional capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; improve readiness; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures; enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones; promote human rights; fully integrate women into the force; and increase maritime domain awareness...
