Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 10.14.2025
ENKÖPING, Sweden— In 1997, there were seven division headquarters in the Swedish Army, the “Svenska Armen.” By 2000, with the Cold War over, there were none. Sweden’s Army was now built around much smaller battalions and brigades. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and Sweden joined NATO in 2024, Sweden’s Army decided it needed divisions again to battle an enemy army......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 09.05.2025
LATHAM, New York-Six New York Army National Guard officers and an Air Guard master sergeant are heading to Sweden to help the Swedish Army’s 1st Division conduct its first ever division staff command post exercise. Prior to 2022, the Swedish Army’s highest command level was a brigade. Sweden, which joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in March of 2024, initialed a State......
Story by 1st Lt. Michelle Lin | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 03.04.2025
For two weeks in February, Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force (TF) 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade lead a Command Post Exercise (CPX) as part of International Maritime Exercise (IMX) 2025, the Middle East’s largest international exercise, where service members from over 30 partner nations came together to collaborate in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The team quickly integrated to plan and......
Story by Lt. Col. Jean Kratzer | New York National Guard | 08.09.2024
FORT DRUM, New York--Six hundred and sixty New York Army National Guard Soldiers are fine-tuning mission command functions during their Annual Training at Fort Drum, N.Y., from August 3 to 17. Soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division, the 42nd Infantry Division Artillery, the 27th Infantry Brigade, and the 369th Sustainment Brigade are participating in two command post exercises over the......
Story by Staff Sgt. ShaTyra Reed-Cox | U.S. Army South | 08.06.2024
PANAMAX 2024 is officially underway. The U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)-sponsored, multinational, biennial command post exercise (CPX) aimed at reinforcing and enhancing the long-term security of the Panama Canal and the Western Hemisphere takes place from Aug. 5-14 at various locations across the United States. “Collectively, we will go through the next eight days together and......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Pufahl | 200th Military Police Command | 06.15.2023
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers of the 200th Military Police Command (200th MP CMD) completed their role in the command post exercise (CPX) on June 14 at the Joint Multinational Simulation Center, here, part of U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s (USAEUR-AF) exercise DEFENDER 23....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Rebecca Wood | 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade | 06.09.2023
Members of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Headquarters Support Company and the 149th Signal Company packed up their tactical operations center, loaded trucks and convoyed from Kentucky to Indiana to participate in a Command Post Exercise (CPX) with the 38th Infantry Division May 18-22....
Story by Pfc. Cecilia Soriano | 1st Theater Sustainment Command | 04.22.2022
Soldiers assigned to the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Special Troops Battalion conducted a command post exercise April 18- 21, 2022 on Fort Knox, Kentucky....
