Story by Spc. Cristina Gomez | Security Force Assistance Command | 08.21.2024
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. — Advisors with the 1st, 3rd and 54th Security Force Assistance Brigades validated for combat at Security Force Assistance Command’s Operation Combined Victory, Jul. 25 to Aug. 15, 2024. This exercise validated Advisors’ ability to operate within a large-scale combat operation, training Advisors to execute assessment, supporting, liaising and advising with allies and partners....
Story by Staff Sgt. Kevin Spence | First Army | 07.01.2019
Roaring down a dirt road not far from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, four M1097 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles or HMMWV from 374th Chemical Company stopped at the sight of a stalled vehicle. The Soldiers scanned to see if the vehicle concealed a roadside bomb, as well as the tree line for enemy Soldiers preparing to ambush. Training like this is fundamental to......
Story by Karen Petitt | 375th Air Mobility Wing | 05.17.2017
The Air Force recently hosted a four-week long training exercise known as “Black Demon“ at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to ensure “full operational capability“ status for two teams of cyber protection experts....
Story by Staff Sgt. Diandra Harrell | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 04.04.2016
SZEZCIN, Poland – Newly formed NATO Force Integration Units will use one of U.S. Army Europe’s largest multinational exercises this summer to validate their ability to facilitate the deployment of rapid-reaction forces....
Story by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 11.24.2015
Following multiple training exercises, the moment of truth finally arrived for Company C “Comanche,” 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division....
Story by Staff Sgt. Aaron Knowles | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division | 05.21.2015
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, fired, validated and verified the new Howitzer M119A3 weapon systems on Red Diamond Range, May 21, the culmination of the 19-day process in terms of receiving the guns, training on them, and conducting a live fire....
Story by Master Sgt. Paul Wade | California National Guard Primary | 01.07.2012
“If it happens, it could affect this entire area along here,” said Timothy Funk, first sergeant for Detachment 1, 2632nd Transportation Company, pointing at a map of the San Francisco Bay Area. “Right along the Hayward Fault line or any of the others we have, if key bridges or roads are damaged, our forces could be cut off from each other. That is why we have planned alternate routes,”......
Story by Sgt. John Crosby | 120th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2011
The Indiana National Guard’s newest addition, a disaster response force package, was put under the microscope Aug. 26, 2011, at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana to test and validate their ability....
