Black Sea Rotational Force is an annual multilateral security cooperation activity between the U.S. Marine Corps and partner nations in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions designed to enhance participants' collective professional military capacity, promote regional stability and build enduring relationships with partner nations. The almost 350 Marine Corps and U.S. Navy personnel of...
Black Swan 21 is an annual Hungarian led multinational special operations forces exercise. The exercise is conducted in Hungary, and it includes SOF from Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the United States. Black Swan 21 was held in conjunction with Trojan Footprint 21 to test military synchronization capabilities and to defend multiple domains in Europe simultaneously.
The military retirement system is changing on January 1, 2018. If you are in the Active Component with less than 12 years of service or in the National Guard or Reserve with less than 4,320 retirement points as of Dec. 31, 2017, you will be faced with an important financial decision to make between January 1 and December 31, 2018: remain in the current retirement plan or opt into the new...
When TV images showed the killing last year of civilians protesting for change in Ukraine’s Maidan movement, Lithuanians felt they had seen it all happen before.
Because they had.
Lithuania announced its independence from the Soviet Union 25 years ago on March 11. Soon after, Moscow tried to put down the movement with tanks, special forces troops and blockades. Today, Ukraine is...
BLUE delves into the lives of Airmen through in-depth storytelling, with an unflinching look into the blood and sweat that makes America's Air Force what it is. Marines bleed scarlet and gold, the Army bleeds green ... Airmen bleed BLUE.
Blue Chromite is a U.S.-only exercise unique to Okinawa which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities required to act swiftly and effectively throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
The U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa command participates in a biennial exercise hosted by Israel to increase interoperability and maintain a long-standing military-to-military relationship.
Big Logistics Over-The-Shore - West (BLW) is an annual, Army Reserve, multi-echelon (Company/Detachment to Brigade) functional exercise designed to train transportation units and sustainment commands in Logistics Over-the-Shore (LOTS) operations.
This multi-component exercise involves elements from the US Army, Army Reserve, US Navy, US Air Force, US Coast Guard and United States Maritime...
