DefenceTalkCAMP CASEY, South Korea: Improved combat capabilities and greater operational understanding in the joint environment are two of the most important outcomes of combined training among Republic of Korea, or ROK, and U.S. Soldiers. As a result, Soldiers, from Company B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined […]https://www.defencetalk.com/steel-battalion-conducts-combined-live-fire-exercise-with-rok-partners-65108/

DefenceTalkAirmen from the 77th Fighter Squadron here are participating in Red Flag 15-4 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 11 to 17. Red Flag, executed through the 414th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis, is a realistic combat training exercise conducted at the Nevada Test and Training Range by the United States and its allies. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raising-the-red-flag-combat-training-at-its-finest-65016/

DefenceTalkMore than 400 Army paratroopers, from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, parachuted from seven C-17 Globemasters onto Kapyong Air Field, Australia, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 15, July 8. Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise, which provides an invaluable opportunity for nearly 30,000 U.S. and Australian personnel to conduct operations in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-service-members-head-down-under-for-talisman-sabre-15-64842/

DefenceTalkGeorgian troops on Wednesday launched joint military exercises with United States marines and soldiers from four Eastern European NATO members, the pro-Western ex-Soviet nation’s defence ministry said. The drills dubbed “Agile Spirit 2015” are part of a “substantive package” of measures aimed at bringing Georgia — which has long sought full NATO membership — closer […]https://www.defencetalk.com/georgia-launches-joint-drills-with-five-nato-countries-64840/

DefenceTalkNELLIS AIR FORCE BASE: F-35A Lightning IIs from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron played the U.S. Army’s primary close air support platform during the latest iteration of the Green Flag exercise, GF 15-08, as the Air Force’s program works toward its goal of declaring initial operational capability by the end of this year. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/31st-tes-f-35s-take-on-green-flag-15-08-64714/

DefenceTalkJOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska: Its wide muzzle, short black broad nose with large nostrils and deep-set, dark eyes grimace intimidation across the patch on the right shoulder of the pilot boarding his aircraft while preparing to engage an enemy in the joint interoperability environment that is Northern Edge 2015. The intimidation the 525th Fighter Squadron […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-22-raptors-bring-intimidation-to-exercise-northern-edge-64694/

DefenceTalkMARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS: Halfway into a 109-degree day, without a cloud in the sky and nothing but sand as far as the eye could see, a small number of Marines and sailors were prepared to do their job and be the difference between life and death. 4th Medical Battalion, 4th […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-marines-sailors-participate-in-a-mass-heat-casualty-exercise-64682/

DefenceTalkHelping to ensure select Army National Guard units maintain readiness before deploying was the focus of the multi-echelon integrated brigade training, or MIBT, event held here, June 13-26. This was the first MIBT, which addresses the training needs of National Guard brigade combat teams, also known as BCTs. After a deployment, usually lasting about a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-us-army-designed-exercise-replicates-combat-training-center-rotation-64673/

DefenceTalkThis year, NATO is conducting its largest maneuver since the end of the Cold War. Now the rapid action forces, established last autumn, are displaying their fighting skills. Barbara Wesel reports from Poland. “Birdman” is the name that maneuver planners have given the opponent in the Bothnian enemy camp. He must be retrieved from a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-rapid-reaction-force-trains-in-poland-64601/

DefenceTalkNATO flexed its muscles Thursday in Poland during the first full drill of its new spearhead force, a structure designed to boost security on its eastern flank in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. Around 2,100 soldiers from nine NATO states grouped in the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) took […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-flexes-muscles-in-poland-war-games-64565/