California and Nevada National Guard personnel will host Vigilant Guard 2016 (17-1), a large-scale exercise in southern California and Nevada to test the emergency-response capabilities across both regions. The exercise will emphasize joint, interagency cooperation in executing the Regional Response Plan and Dual-Status Commander processes.
16th Sustainment Brigade and Slovene Armed Forces conduct convoy live fire training in Pocek Major Training Area, Slovenia.
Mangusta is an annual Italian Army exercise which has included a US component since 2015. US Soldiers will conduct Italian Army Basic Airborne Refresher Training at the Italian Army Airborne School in Pisa as a prerequisite to jumping from Italian aircraft.
Wolverine Strike is a Home Station Training exercise taking place in Maniago LTA, Italy, 28 NOV - 2 DEC. It will feature the Brigade Support Battalion of 173rd IBCT(A).
The Shock series of exercises are directed by the USAREUR CG and they can take place anywhere in theater. They are no-notice Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercises (EDRE) designed to test a unit's ability to respond and conduct operations with little or no advanced warning.
Blue Chromite is a U.S.-only exercise unique to Okinawa which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities required to act swiftly and effectively throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Joint Warrior is a United Kingdom-led exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies and prepare participating crews to conduct combined operations while deployed.
Tonnerre Lightning is a series of exercises aimed at improving interoperability between the air forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. This exercise takes place from approximately Oct. 31 - Nov. 9, 2016. It consists of several days of refining communication procedures through mission planning, and culminating with air exercises in the U.K., led by the U.K.
