Green Berets with 2nd Battalion,10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, guide an unmanned aerial system during a live-munitions strike as part of Exercise Deep Strike in Grafenwöhr, Germany, Feb. 22, 2026. The system delivered a precise strike with an armor-piercing payload concluding Deep Strike, a nine-day training exercise that began with a 150-kilometer movement through simulated hostile environments while remaining undetected and evading opposing aerial drones and conventional forces. SOCEUR conducted the first iteration of special operations deep strike lanes, a pivotal training initiative designed to enhance force readiness by operating in geographically dynamic and complex scenarios,...
