The North and West Africa Crisis Response Force (NARF) is composed of joint elements across Europe and is tasked to protect U.S. personnel, property and interests in the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility in case of crisis. The NARF is responsible for conducting crisis and contingency operations for AFRICOM throughout North and West Africa.
The NARF is under the command...
The African Air Chief Symposium is an annual conference that brings African air chiefs and USAFE-AFAFRICA leaders together to discuss continental defense issues and increased cooperation.
Trojan Footprint 22 is the annual, premier special operations forces exercise in Europe. While the exercise is focused on improving the ability of SOF to counter a myriad of threats, it also increases integration with conventional forces and enhances interoperability with our NATO allies and European partners. Most importantly, Trojan Footprint 22 fortifies military readiness, cultivates...
Operation IRON DAGGER supports the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s dynamic force employment (DFE) concept through agile combat employment (ACE), which supports the National Defense Strategy effort to conduct training with joint partners while maintaining global peace and security.
Northern Strike 22-1/”Winter Strike” is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from several U.S. states and coalition nations from January 21-30, 2022 at Camp Grayling Maneuver Training Center and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., which together comprise the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. Winter Strike is help annually in northern Michigan...
The spirit of Operation Semper Fi is to reinvigorate Marine veterans, in local communities through written and visual information, as well as, community relations in order to assist in bridging the military to civilian gap.
Defense Department support to the funeral in honor of former Senator Robert Joseph Dole. For more information, please contact the Joint Task Force - National Capital Region / U.S. Army Military District of Washington Public Affairs Office at (703) 835-6561.
