Arctic Forge 25 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa led biennial exercise that leverages Arctic host nation exercises Local Defense Exercise 25 in Finland and Joint Viking 25 in Norway, February 17-28, 2025, to build Arctic readiness and interoperability in support of the U.S. Army's Arctic Strategy. Arctic Forge 25 is focused on building the U.S. Army’s Arctic capabilities including deployment...
The 84th Training Command's first WAREX of the year hosted by the 78th Training Division at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Fort Hunter Liggett, California, involves more than 40 units from across the Army Reserve, National Guard and Canadian Armed Forces.
Arctic SAREX
The October 30-31, 2013 Alaska Arctic Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) is a Combined, Joint exercise between the United States and Canada. Its goal is to test the interoperability of U.S. and Canadian SAR forces and equipment in an Arctic SAR response.
During Arctic Shield 2012, the Coast Guard performed its statutory missions to ensure the Arctic remained a safe, secure and environmentally sustainable region. The operation focused on operations, outreach and an assessment of capabilities. The harsh environment, limited infrastructure and logistics poseed unique challenges when conducting operations in the Arctic. To overcome these...
Arctic Shock is a combined U.S. and Norwegian exercise supporting the National Strategy for the Arctic Region that enhances multi-combatant command relationships, airborne interoperability, and Arctic capabilities. The exercise takes place from March 18 to 22, in Bardufoss, Norway, with around 150 U.S. Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division and around 100 soldiers from the Norwegian Armed...
Arctic Warrior 21 is a cold weather training event that includes airborne operations, situational training exercises (STX), and a live fire exercise, all occurring from Feb. 8-19, in both the Donnelly Training Area and Richardson Training Area. A battalion task force that includes cavalry, engineer, and sustainment units for support, will conduct an airborne insertion to Donnelly Drop Zone and...
Ardent Defender is an annual explosive ordnance disposal training exercise hosted by the Canadian Armed Forces. Ardent Defender hosts EOD professionals from the U.S., Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Ardent Defender is part of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Partnership with Canada, focused on strengthening relationships with...
The ARDENT SENTRY exercise series provides a highly complex, integrated training environment where federal, state and local emergency responders can practice their procedures and validate their processes. ARDENT SENTRY 13 is primarily a Command Post Exercise, but includes field training (FTX) events within the exercise. Those FTX events take place in Montana, Florida, Virginia and South...
