SWIFT RESPONSE

Swift Response
 
 
 
Swift Response 25 demonstrates multinational power projection and the expansion of critical capabilities on the battlefield in the High North and Baltics through airborne jumps and integration of technology in support of the Army Modernization Strategy and DoD Arctic Strategy. Swift Response 25 involves five near-simultaneous airborne insertions, HIRAIN training, a field hospital exercise and live fires conducted with NATO networks in Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Finland from May 11 – 31, 2025.
Videos
Playlist:
Video by Nancy Hudson
AFRICOM Flies Egyptians Home from Tunisia-Libya Border
U.S. Africa Command
March 7, 2011 | 1:12
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) is supporting the United States effort to respond to the evolving humanitarian emergency on the Libya-Tunisia border.

On March 3, 2011, President Obama ordered the U.S. military to help provide transport for Egyptians who had fled from Libya to Tunisia following the Libyan government's violent reprisals against demonstrators. On March 4, 2011, less than a day after President Obama's announcement, two U.S. Air Air Force C-130 aircraft delivered to Djerba, Tunisia, humanitarian aid supplies from the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) storage warehouse at Leghorn Army Depot in Pisa, Italy. The OFDA donations included 2,000 blankets, 40 rolls of plastic sheeting, and 9,600 10-liter plastic water containers.

On March 5, U.S. military aircraft began carrying Egyptian citizens who wished to leave Tunisia and return to their home country. On March 5 and 6, U.S. aircraft carried a total of 640 Egyptians from Tunisia to their homeland. Aircraft included U.S. Air Force D-130Js and U.S. Marine Corps KC-130s.

The U.S. military is playing a supporting role in the much larger U.S. government emergency response. These U.S. military aircraft fill a critical niche in being able to provide short-haul passenger transport.

Also available in high definition.
More

Tags

AfricaAFRICOMUSAFRICOMHigh DefinitionTunisiaafricacommandLibyaPresident Barack ObamaUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID)
More

Up Next

AFRICOM Now 22
Play Button
2:19
AFRICOM Now 22
Ham in Algeria: AFRICOM 'Committed' to Partnership, Part 4
Play Button
11:38
Ham in Algeria: AFRICOM 'Committed' to Partnership, Part 4
Ham in Algeria: AFRICOM 'Committed' to Partnership Press Conference, Part 2
Play Button
9:30
Ham in Algeria: AFRICOM 'Committed' to Partnership Press Conference, Part 2
General Carter F. Ham Press Conference With Algerian Media June 1, 2011 Part 4
Play Button
11:38
General Carter F. Ham Press Conference With Algerian Media June 1, 2011 Part 4
AFRICOM Now 20
Play Button
2:41
AFRICOM Now 20
Now Playing
AFRICOM Flies Egyptians Home from Tunisia-Libya Border
AFRICOM Flies Egyptians Home from Tunisia-Libya Border
AFRICOM Now 15
Play Button
2:27
AFRICOM Now 15
African Union & Maritime Security, hosted by AFRICOM
Play Button
8:51
African Union & Maritime Security, hosted by AFRICOM
AFRICOM Now 8
Play Button
3:32
AFRICOM Now 8
African Union & Maritime Security Conference, Hosted by AFRICOM
Play Button
8:51
African Union & Maritime Security Conference, Hosted by AFRICOM
Africom Now 7, Oct. 1
Play Button
2:27
Africom Now 7, Oct. 1
AFRICOM Now 4
Play Button
3:21
AFRICOM Now 4
First Annual Africa Military Conference
Play Button
9:47
First Annual Africa Military Conference
AFRICOM : first Annual Africa Military Conference
Play Button
2:54
AFRICOM : first Annual Africa Military Conference
Africa Endeavor 2010
Play Button
1:16
Africa Endeavor 2010
More Videos

What is happening where?

  • Italy
    ItalyParatroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade will depart from Italy to conduct an airborne drop into Lithuania.
  • Finland

    FinlandThe Finnish Army will conduct a live fire exercise with the Polish Armed Forces and U.S. Forces will fire HIMARS also known as HIRAIN training.

    Polish paratroopers will conduct an airborne jump into Finland, where they will join the Finnish Army to conduct force on force training.

  • Latvia

    Latvia

    In Latvia, paratroopers from Spanish Airborne Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade will conduct an airborne jump into Latvia and a live-fire exercises will follow .
    Also, the Latvian national exercise, Crystal Arrow, will be conducted simultaneously with Swift Response 25.  
  • Lithuania

    Lithuania

    In Lithuania, there will be a Field hospital exercise and medical operations. A U.S.-based blood support detachment will deploy to Europe, where they will be issued Army Prepositioned Stock and join the 512th Field Hospital in Lithuania. The exercise will demonstrate theater medical support operations while working under chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear conditions. The field hospital exercise will also include a simulated blood draw and resupply to forward positioned medical teams using drones.
    Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade will conduct an airborne assault into Lithuania alongside NATO Allies from France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
    The Lithuanian national exercise Iron Wolf will be linked with Swift Response 25 events with participants from the Netherlands, Lithuania and Germany.
  • Norway
    NorwayAs part of Swift Response 25, paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division will deploy from the U.S. and conduct
    a direct airborne jump into Norway in the first major event commencing DEFENDER 25. This event is one of five,
    near-simultaneous airborne operations that will be taking place in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.
     

    Also U.S. and Host Nation will conduct Live-fires in Norway.

  • Sweden

    Sweden

    NATO Allies will conduct an airborne jump into Gotland Island, setting the stage for U.S. Marines to conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Insertion (HIRAIN) training on the island.

  • United Kingdom

    United KingdomTroops moving from United Kingdom to Norway and Sweden.