I Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General Lt. Gen. George W. Smith, Jr. will relinquish command to Maj. Gen. Bradford J. Gering during a succession of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 18, 2023.
This Colombian Air Force lead exercise, Angel de los Andes, is a Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Response (HA/DR) exercise focused on Search and Rescue (SAR). This year's ADLA will be held concurrently with Relampago or "Lightning", an annual Colombian Air Force lead exercise since 2014, which focuses on bolstering air superiority training techniques and tactics in order to strengthen the...
III Armored Corps deploys specified force elements into the designated JOA at Camp Carrol, ROK to support defense operation activities to validate the unit's ability to rapidly deploy and to redeploy to home station when directed by Command Authority.
Exercise Southern Star 23 is a Chilean led full-scale Special Operations, Joint, and Combined Employment Exercise. The training consists of staff planning, tactical maneuvers and collaboration among SOUTHCOM components’ staff, Chilean Armed Forces and interagency partners during stabilization scenario which facilitates the opportunity for participants to execute and assess the staff’s...
Astral Knight 2024 (AK24) is U.S. European Command’s capstone Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) exercise focused on incremental development of theater-wide coalition IAMD architecture. The live-fly and combat operations will be focused in Poland & the Baltic states, with possible virtual injects that may occur outside the joint operations area to drive theater-wide considerations for...
Cope Thunder demonstrates U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's continuing commitment to Allies and partners; highlighting improved lethality and interoperability and strengthening alliances.
The 18th Airborne Corps is a United States Army corps that has been in existence since 1942.
This unit has seen extensive service in nearly every theater and major conflict that the United States has been involved with since World War II. The 18th Airborne Corps is designed as a rapid deployment joint task force-capable command that is readily deployable on a moment's notice anywhere in...
Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) will be ceremoniously commissioned at the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia, on July 22, 2023. The crew will also conduct a namesake visit to the Australian Captial Territory of Canberra on July 23, 2023. USS Canberra’s commissioning is the embodiment of more than 100 years of mateship, and a reminder...
