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Defender Press Release Archive
Defender-Europe Archive
Press Release - Airborne operations kick off Swift Response in Sweden
May 7, 2024
Press Release - U.S. Army Soldiers Begin Long-Distance Transit Across Nordic Region
April 30, 2024
Press Release - Army equipment departs America headed for Europe, DEFENDER 24
April 4, 2024
News Release - The third and final DEFENDER 23-linked exercise, Saber Guardian 23, begins
May 24, 2023
News Release - Immediate Response 23, second of three major DEFENDER 23-linked exercises, to begin
May 17, 2023
News Release - Swift Response 23, first of three, major DEFENDER 23-linked exercises, to begin
May 2, 2023
Press Release - DEFENDER-Europe 22 activities begin this month, includes more than 11 nations
May 3, 2022
Press Release – Albanian Chief of Defense visits U.S. Army Europe and Africa Headquarters
Dec. 7, 2021
Media Advisory - HQ MNC-SE hosts final Defender-Europe 21 Media Opportunity
June 11, 2021
Community notification for U.S. Army equipment movements through Slovakia for DEFENDER-Europe 21
June 9, 2021
Community notification for U.S. Army equipment movements in Hungary for DEFENDER-Europe 21
June 9, 2021
Community notification for U.S. Army equipment movements through the Czech Republic for DEFENDER-Europe 21
June 9, 2021
Press Release - ‘Fires Shock’ series of artillery exercises concludes with live fire in Norway
June 7, 2021
Media Advisory – Upcoming DEFENDER-Europe 21 media opportunities in Romania
June 2, 2021
Press Release - US Army Europe and Africa commanding general visits DEFENDER-Europe 21 host nations
June 1, 2021
Media Advisory – Upcoming DEFENDER-Europe 21 media opportunities in Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, North Macedonia
May 26, 2021
Community notification for U.S. Army equipment movements in Hungary for DEFENDER-Europe 21
May 24, 2021
Community notification for U.S. Army equipment movements through Slovakia for DEFENDER-Europe 21
May 23, 2021
Community notification for U.S. Army equipment movements through the Czech Republic for DEFENDER-Europe 21
May 22, 2021
Media Advisory - Upcoming DEFENDER-Europe 21 media opportunities in Croatia and Slovenia
May 19, 2021
Press Release - U.S. Army equipment movements in Croatia for DEFENDER-Europe 21
May 14, 2021
Press Release - U.S. Army vehicles to convoy through Croatia for DEFENDER-Europe 21
May 14, 2021
Media Advisory – Upcoming DEFENDER-Europe 21 media opportunities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, North Macedonia
May 12, 2021
Media Advisory - Upcoming DEFENDER-Europe 21 events in Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Romania
May 5, 2021
Press Release - U.S. and U.K. vessels to deliver 300-plus pieces of military equipment to Croatia’s Gazenica port for the multinational military drill, DEFENDER-Europe 21
May 4, 2021
Press Release - Defender Europe 21 Opening Ceremony
May 4, 2021
Upcoming Telephonic Press Briefing with Brigadier General Christopher R. Norrie and Colonel Daniel George Miller, U.S. Army, and Major General Indrek Sirel, Estonian Defense Force
May 4, 2021
Media Advisory – DEFENDER-Europe 21 media opportunities in Albania, Estonia, virtually
April 28, 2021
Media Advisory - DEFENDER-Europe 21 Activities Open to Media
April 23, 2021
Press Release - DEFENDER-Europe 21 activities begin this month, include two dozen nations
March 15, 2021
Updated: Media Advisory - Media invited to DEFENDER-Europe 20 Phase II events
July 27, 2020
Press Release - Armored unit will deploy to Europe for final phase of DEFENDER-Europe 20 linked training
July 10, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY | June 5 Telephonic Press Briefing
June 3, 2020
Press Release: DEFENDER-Europe 20 Plus
May 13, 2020
Exercise Defender-Europe 20 UPDATE
March 16, 2020
U.S. European Command: Exercise Defender-Europe 20 Update
March 12, 2020
U.S. Armored unit equipment arrives at the Port of Vlissingen for DEFENDER-Europe 20
March 9, 2020
Press Release: DEFENDER-Europe 20 - first US troops reach Poland
March 2, 2020
Media Advisory: Media invited to see coordination centers for DEFENDER-Europe 20
Feb. 25, 2020
Press Release: Upcoming DEFENDER-Europe 20 convoy movements, media opportunity
Feb. 25, 2020
Press Release: Free concerts by U.S. Army Europe
Feb. 25, 2020
Media Advisory: Media invited to Army Prepositioned Stock issue in Zutendaal for DEFENDER-Europe 20
Feb. 21, 2020
Media Advisory: First DEFENDER-Europe 20 equipment arrives at the port of Bremerhaven
Feb. 13, 2020
Media Advisory: DEFENDER-Europe 20 Media Events
Feb. 7, 2020
Media Advisory: DEFENDER-Europe 20 Army Prepositioned Stock
Feb. 5, 2020
DEFENDER-Europe 20 builds USEUCOM strategic readiness in support of the National Defense Strategy
Oct. 7, 2019