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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AFLCMC Leadership Log Episode 111: Digital Materiel Management (DMM) Overview
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
April 12, 2024 | 36:49
In this “Leadership Log”, to learn more about DMM, the AFLCMC Public Affairs team spoke with two practitioners: Kevin Torres, Digital Architect with the Mobility and Training Aircraft Directorate and Oren Edwards, Chief Engineer, Medium Altitude UAS Division with the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) and Special Operations Forces (SOF) Directorate. (U.S. Air Force video by Joe Danielewicz)
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