Story by Maj. Joe Legros | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 10.06.2025
LUANDA, Angola — As U.S. Army medical professionals concluded a week-long knowledge exchange with the Angolan Military Health Division, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) medical and public affairs personnel conducted a parallel test of emerging technology designed to bridge language gaps during multinational engagements, Sept. 20-27, 2025. While the medical team......
Story by Capt. Caroline Pirchner | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 09.22.2025
VICENZA, Italy — A plan may look great on paper until it meets reality. Anticipating that, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) planners used innovative tools alongside traditional strategies to stress-test their response to a real-world crises Sept. 16-17 during a wargaming exercise as part of the ongoing deployment readiness exercise, Lion DRE. This exercise......
Story by Capt. Erick Schneider-Cuevas | 75th Field Artillery Brigade | 10.03.2024
FORT SILL, Okla. – Six medics from the 75th Field Artillery Brigade participated in a Federal Coordinating Center (FCC) exercise Sept. 26 in Oklahoma City. The event incorporated several DoD entities and medical providers to practice receiving patients affected by a natural disaster or emergency event, providing triage, and coordinating patient transportation to nearby hospitals....
Story by Dorie Heyer | Defense Logistics Agency | 09.20.2024
In conjunction with National Preparedness Month, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management at Susquehanna personnel conducted a full-scale exercise on Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12....
Story by Jet Fabara | 340th Flying Training Group | 09.07.2023
The 340th Flying Training Group conducted an emergency response and public health tabletop exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, on Sep. 7, 2023....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Riedel | 509th Bomb Wing | 05.18.2021
Whiteman Air Force Base will conduct an emergency response exercise May 19.
Story by Spc. Ethan Valetski | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.23.2019
MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, Romania – An M1A1 Abrams tank and a fuel tanker carrying thousands of gallons of highly toxic and flammable fuel collide in a simulated exercise, causing a massive explosion with several simulated casualties. This scenario is what Army first responders encountered as part of an emergency response exercise on August 21, 2019, on Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase,......
Story by Staff Sgt. Mary Junell | North Carolina National Guard | 07.24.2019
More than 170 Soldiers and Airmen with National Guard units from North Carolina, Alabama, and New Jersey traveled to Botswana to partner with approximately 300 Botswana Defense Force service members at the Thebaphatswa Air Base, July 9-18, 2019 as part of Operation Upward Minuteman 2019. Upward Minuteman 2019 was a U.S. Africa Command exercise promoting the U.S. National Guard’s State......
