Warfighter 2015 is a combat training exercise involving U.S. forces from the Texas Army National Guard 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade and U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division helping support the effort to repel Arianan forces from Atropia (fictional nations).
Exercise Platinum Lynx is a multinational training exercise taking place in Eastern Europe designed to enhance our professional military capacity and increase our combined arms capabilities through the sharing of mission-focused knowledge. Platinum Lynx is focused on mechanized integration, breaching techniques, dismounted live-fire tactics, indirect fire procedures and practical application.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske kicks off the 2015 East Coast Trade Symposium delivering opening remarks to symposium attendees in Baltimore, Md., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. This year’s theme, “Transforming Global Trade,” will highlight topics such as the global supply chain and reimagining the border. Panel discussions featuring CBP leadership and industry...
Vigilant Ace is a combined, joint U.S. and South Korean air exercise designed to enhance operational and tactical level coordination between the two nations.
The goal of Phoenix Odyssey II is to improve and refine combined intelligence operations standard operating procedures and tactics, techniques, and procedures to expand the knowledge of individual units, and deepen US/UK bilateral intelligence relationships for future collaboration. The exercise will build upon the successes of Phoenix Odyssey I by strengthening existing UK/US bilateral...
Hustler Trough II is a joint fires exercise with participants from more than ten different Army and Air Force elements from across the United States, Nov. 2 to Nov. 6 at Fort Bliss, Texas. The exercise will provide a realistic training environment for Joint terminal attack controllers (JTACS), 7th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Bliss to call in artillery fire from ground based, fixed...
The Veterans in Blue Project aims to illustrate the accomplishments of Air Force veterans and their service in the U.S. Air Force. This program directly supports Air Force command information by communicating with Airmen, their families and the American public. This project is chiefly designed to tell unique stories, accomplishments and historical achievements, as well as to share legacy...
U.S. Army Capt. Florent Groberg was awarded the Medal of Honor Nov. 12, 2015, for actions during a combat engagement in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2012. Capt. Groberg was the commander of a personal security detail for the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, when he and another Soldier, Sgt. Andrew Mahoney, identified and tackled a suicide bomber, saving the lives of the...
