Operation Lethal Eagle, a 21-day rigorous training exercise, is designed to train individual and collective lethality, prototype Army initiatives, and build mastery of large-scale, long-range air assault capabilities throughout the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). While most of the exercise leverages the world class training infrastructure at Fort Campbell, some units and Soldiers will...
Operation Lone Star, or OLS, is a Texas state active duty mission, which was launched by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in March 2021. OLS is a joint mission between the Texas Military Department, which is comprised of the Texas National Guard (Army and Air) and the Texas State Guard, and the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other state agencies, to address security concerns along the...
First staged in 1999, this annual event provides an opportunity to train emergency responders to quickly set up and operate clinics in the event of a public health emergency. The clinics are a cooperative effort of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services, Hidalgo County Health and Human Services, City of Laredo Health...
More than 130 members of Joint Task Force Alaska deployed to the hub communities of Bethel and Nome, as part of Operation Merbok Response, to support recovery efforts across Western Alaska. The task force includes members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, the Alaska Naval Militia and the Alaska State Defense Force.
Hosted by the Colorado Military History Group, Operation Mountain Victory sets hundreds of re-enactors, most veterans, into historical battlegrounds ranging from conflicts in Sicily through Italy, and western Europe during World War II, while using authentic armour and tactics used at the time to create an accurate depiction of war during the 1940’s.
Operation NANOOK is the Canadian Armed Forces’ signature northern operation comprised of a series of comprehensive, joint, interagency, and multinational activities designed to exercise the defense of Canada and security in the region. NANOOK-TUUGAALIK is the maritime component of the NANOOK series of deployments and training events and designed as a maritime presence operation and domain...
Operation Noble Eagle (ONE) is the name given to the military response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and applies to all national air sovereignty missions. The ONE mission has an emphasis on the surveillance and control of airspace over Canada and the US. Prior to 9/11, NORAD's focus was on external threats - the ONE mission focuses on the internal threats within our sovereign...
Northern Strike 2014 is a National Guard Bureau sponsored Joint Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) emphasizing the Theatre Air Control and Army Air Ground Systems (TACS/AAGS) within the Theatre Air Ground System (TAGS). It blends Maneuver, Close Air Support (CAS), Joint Fire Support, and Air Mobility in both Major Combat Operations and limited Operation Enduring Freedom...
