A platoon of M1A2 Abrams tanks with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division with NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland, move from their staging area to the firing line during Dragon 24 at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, March 11, 2024. Dragon 24 is a Polish-led NATO event focused on dismounted training. The 3rd Infantry Division's mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s forward-deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Cecil Elliott II)
BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland - From its inception, exercise Dragon 24 was designed to test NATO’s interoperability. The exercise consisted of over 20,000 troops from nine NATO allied countries encompassing a river crossing, a long and arduous road movement designed to test troops, machines and ability to sustain them. It culminated in a display of lethality through a multi-day stress exercise that highlighted armored gunnery proficiency and artillery coordination across cultural, language and weapon system platforms. Dragon 24 displayed NATO allies as being truly stronger together.
Dragon 24 started with a multinational movement across a body of water called a wet gap crossing. The crossing began early in the morning, March 4, 2024, with...