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 Cpl. Kanoa Thomas, Cpl. Isaiah Smith
Maj Gen Livingston Visit MARCORSPTFAC
Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES)
June 2, 2025 | 1:37
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. James Livingston, Medal of Honor recipient and first commander of Marine Forces Reserve, visits the Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, May 30, 2025. Livingston served as the first commander of Marine Forces Reserve from July 1992 to October 1994. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Isaiah Smith and Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)
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