Video by Maj. Scott Kuhn
DEFENDER-Europe 22 wrap-up
U.S. Army Europe and Africa
June 7, 2022 | 0:57
DEFENDER-Europe 22 LIVEX wrapped up recently.

DEFENDER-Europe is an annual large-scale U.S. Army-led, multinational, joint exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between U.S., NATO and partner militaries.

This year’s exercise:
-Focused on building operational readiness and interoperability with a greater number of NATO allies and partners over a wider area of operations.
Is defensive in nature and focused on responding to crisis if necessary.
-Demonstrated that the U.S. commitment to NATO is iron clad.
-Included more than 3,437 U.S. and 5,193 multi-national service members from 11 Allied and Partner nations.
-Operations were conducted across 9 countries
-Utilized key ground and maritime routes bridging America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
-Demonstrated our ability to serve as a strategic security partner while sustaining normal operations in the rest of Europe and Africa.
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