The humanitarian and civic assistance (HCA) program is a multipurpose training and engagement tool that supports objectives at the strategic, theater, operational, and tactical levels. The U.S. European Command, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, commenced work on an HCA project to repair and rebuild a damaged community center in Račinovci, Croatia. U.S. Soldiers with the 851st...
International Jump Week (IJW) will be held from 6-10 July 2015. IJW is hosted by the 435th Contingency Response Group located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. IJW is an annual exercise to build global partnerships, foster camaraderie between US and International Paratroopers, and to exchange current tactics, techniques and procedures pertaining to Airborne Operations (Static Line and Military...
United States military forces carry out humanitarian assistance projects and activities as part of training operations overseas. These deployments are an integral aspect of maintaining a forward U. S. military presence, ensuring operational readiness to respond to crises, and preparing the U.S. military for their wartime missions. The humanitarian and civic assistance (HCA) program is a...
Combined Forces Command and Republic of Korea forces is conducting a Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore exercise from June 29 through July 9, 2015 at the Anmyeon Beach on the west coast of the Republic of Korea. This exercise will train service members on how to accomplish vital logistical measures in an area with strategic access to Seoul.
Breeze is a multinational exercise designed to demonstrate U.S. and participating nations' commitment to regional stability and maritime security in the Black Sea.
The Rhode Island National Guard's Leapfest is the largest, longest standing, international static line parachute-training event and competition. This is both an individual and team event as jumpers compete for fastest individual and team times. Participants will come from around the world to test their skills against some of the world's best paratroopers.
U.S. and Republic of Korea Marine Corps forces are conducting the Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-8, known as Peninsula Express, in the vicinity of Chinhae and Pohang from June 10 - July 22, in order to increase interoperability and combined capabilities of the ROK and U.S. Marine Corps forces.
Peninsula Express is one in a series of regularly-scheduled combined, small-unit, tactical...
Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and aircrews from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment conducted water bucket drops in support of firefighting efforts against the Willows Sockeye Fire near Anchorage, Alaska, and smaller fires on the Kenai Peninsula.
