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DRAWSKO POMORSKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland - IRONHORSE Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery; 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment; deployed to Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve, participated in a live-fire exercise during Anakonda 18 at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, Nov. 6-17, 2018.
Anakonda 18, a Polish-led exercise held at various training areas, which included service members from the United States (specifically the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division), Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the United Kingdom, helped ensure and improve interoperability while training on a wide variety of scenarios.
On the final day of live-fires, 2-12 CAV’s M1A2 Abrams tanks and M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles fired alongside their Polish allies in a demonstration of firepower as Polish F-16 Fighting Falcons flew overhead, and artillery dropped in the distance.
Spc. David Velasco, a joint fires support specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2-12 CAV, said had the opportunity to work alongside the Polish joint terminal attack controllers (JTAC).
“It’s been a really good experience,” said Velasco. “I learned a lot from them and vice versa. I was able to help them in one of their exercises and we were able to control Apaches and F16s.”
The Polish-led training exercise offers Soldiers a unique opportunity to exhibit their capabilities and capacity for integration among participating nations.
“We’ve been able to compare notes to see how other people do things across the world. If the day comes when we have to fight together in a combat zone, we’re able to do that more fluently.” Velasco said.
In addition to live-fire exercises, the U.S. Army was able to assist in ground operations and notional scenarios. Scenarios focus on joint actions to implement concepts based on shared resources and current capabilities.
“We develop the most likely enemy course of actions based on their scenario," said Spc. Jordan Villarreal, an intelligence analyst assigned to HHC, 2-12 CAV. “We talk back and forth on how we want to depict movement.”
Villarreal said they were also able to share capabilities with their Polish allies, such as their one system remote video terminal, a receiver that provides the tools necessary to collect real-time video and data from manned and unmanned aircraft.
“Everyone is getting training in live-fire and patrols. All of our companies are being used in different aspects," said Villarreal. "Our entire mission is building ties with NATO allies.”
| Date Taken: | 11.19.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 11.22.2018 01:38 |
| Story ID: | 300539 |
| Location: | DRAWSKO POMORSKIE, PL |
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