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 Senior Airman Nicholas Paczkowski
Rest Is Readiness
49th Wing
July 9, 2025 | 1:54
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Brooklyn Adair, 49th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron behavioral health technician, speaks about the negative effects stemming from a lack of sleep at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, July 2, 2025. Lack of sleep can impair judgment, slow reaction times, and reduce cognitive performance, all of which are factors that directly affect job effectiveness and ultimately weaken the overall readiness and performance of Airmen across the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Nicholas Paczkowski)
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