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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Video by Bryan Gatchell
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U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria
March 9, 2023 | 0:45
JOINT MULTINATIONAL READINESS CENTER, Germany – Jason Ensign, a lane equipment repairer and mechanic at the Hohenfels Bowling and Entertainment Center and Spare Time Café, Bar and Grill, provides a demonstration of the facility’s new equipment Feb. 28, 2023. The bowling center recently received an upgrade in furniture, ball returns, speaker systems and more, updating the on-post entertainment center for military community members. (U.S. Army video by Bryan Gatchell, USAG Bavaria Public Affairs)
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