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

DEFENDER 25 Outreach tour
DEFENDER 25 Infographic

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Video by Staff Sgt. Timothy Leddick
Rally in the Pacific 2023: MEDEVAC [B-roll]
934th Airlift Wing
Dec. 31, 2023 | 11:41
Members from the 934th Air Expeditionary Wing and Company C, 3-25 Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade perform medical evacuation maneuvers and procedures with a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at the Bradshaw Army Airfield, Hawaii, during Rally in the Pacific 2023, September 16. The 934 AEW Aeromedical Staging and Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons conducted patient loading and offloading joint training to maintain readiness in a fast-paced patient evacuation scenario alongside joint forces. (U.S. Air Force b-roll by Staff Sgt. Timothy Leddick)
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