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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7th Engineer Brigade Conduct Limited Visibility Wet Gap Crossing
5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
June 11, 2025 | 0:54
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 7th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command conduct limited visibility wet gap crossing during exercise Saber Guardian 25 in Frecatei, Romania, June 10, 2025. Saber Guardian 25 is an exercise co-led by the Romanian Joint Force Command and U.S. Army Europe that is designed to improve the integration of multinational combat forces and interoperability, enabling Allies and forces to operate together to communicate more effectively through shared procedures creating war ready Soldiers ready to defend on any front. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Nathan Arellano Tlaczani)

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