UITC

USAREUR-AF International Tank Challenge

U.S. Army Europe and Africa, along with our NATO and Partner Allies, annually host a Tank Challenge. This training event is designed to give participating nations a dynamic and productive environment in which to foster military partnerships, form Soldier-level relationships, and share tactics, techniques and procedures.

The European International Tank Challenge was formerly known as the Strong Europe Tank Challenge. Images, video and stories that are older will appear under that name further down the timeline.

For more imagery, videos and news visit our DVIDS feature page at: USARUER International Tank Challenge

Read the Press Release here.

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Video by Staff Sgt. Micah VanDyke

2nd Cavalry Regiment, National Guard Soldiers, NATO troops unify at Slovak Shield 2016

24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element

Oct. 13, 2016 | 2:01

2nd Calvary Regiment Soldiers, Indiana Guardsmen and fellow NATO allies: Czech Army, Polish Armed Forces, Hungarian Defense Forces, and the Ministry of Defense-Crisis Department and the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, successfully completed Slovak Shield 2016. 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Stryker Combat Team, based in Vilseck, Germany and Chemical, Engineer, Military Police, command post exercise team, aviation and support personnel from the Indiana National Guard all were integral components of Slovak Shield 2016 at Military Training Area Lest, Slovak Rep., 6-13 Oct. Slovak Shield 2016 is a multinational training exercise of more than 2,000 participants that took part in a computer based exercise and live exercise. Troops also did weapons, demolition and tactics training with coalition counterparts and some even trained outside of their normal duties. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Micah VanDyke, 4th ID Mission Command Element Public Affairs)