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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Northern Strike 24-2: 3 Royal Anglian Social Media B Roll (Part 2)
181st Intelligence Wing
Aug. 15, 2024 | 0:31
B roll footage of British Army members with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment “The Steelbacks,” conducting tactical training during Exercise Northern Strike 24-2 at Camp Grayling, Michigan. Northern Strike 24-2, one of the Department of Defense's largest reserve component readiness exercises, is scheduled to take place at Michigan's National All Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) from August 3-17, 2024. Over 6,300 participants from 32 states and territories and several international participants will converge at the NADWC. Northern Strike is the premier reserve component training event designed to build readiness with joint and partner forces in all domains of warfare. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman David Lawler)
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