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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Coast Guard medevacs 58-year-old man 170 miles southwest of Clearwater
U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Tampa Bay
May 23, 2025 | 1:03
A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater aircrew medevaced a 58-year-old man, Thursday, experiencing severe abdominal pain approximately 170 miles southwest of Clearwater. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy video)
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