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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CLB-7 conducts Tactical Logistics Operations Course during ITX 1-25
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
Feb. 14, 2025 | 3:45
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct a Tactical Logistics Operations Course as part of Integrated Training Exercise 1-25 at Range 800, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 31, 2025. TLOC tests the logistics element’s ability to sustain operations in a contested environment by integrating ground logistics capabilities to ensure mission success. ITX enhances the lethality, autonomy and decision-making of the MAGTF by creating a challenging and realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Connor Webb)
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