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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Soldiers tells why she joined the Army Reserve
807th Theater Medical Command
July 21, 2023 | 0:39
U.S. Army Reserve Cpl. Makayla Baker, Animal Care Specialist, discusses why she joined the military on July 13, 2023, during her annual training mission to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Kelly Willett)
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