DEFENDER is the Army’s largest annual opportunity to exercise moving personnel and equipment into theater across modes for initial and follow-on operations critical to Large Scale Combat Operations. Led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the exercise focuses on the strategic deployment of CONUS-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stock and follow-on exercises demonstrating lethality and interoperability with Allies and partners

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Video by Staff Sgt. Vincent Levelev
No Mercy Flys into JRTC
101st Combat Aviation Brigade
May 6, 2025 | 2:49
AH-64 Apaches assigned to the 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment "Expect No Mercy," 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) fly to Louisiana on May 6, 2025, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. No Mercy will provide aviation support during the 101st Airborne Division's rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Vincent Levelev)
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