About Griffin Shock

 
 
 
Griffin Shock is an exercise designed to prepare V Corps and NATO Multinational Corps Northeast with the rapid expansion of NATO Multinational Battlegroup Poland in support of NATO deterrence initiatives such as bolstering readiness, responsiveness, and reinforcement. 

 

Griffin Shock is a combined NATO and U.S. Army short notice exercise that will demonstrate the U.S. Army’s ability to enhance the NATO alliance by rapidly reinforcing the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup in Poland to a brigade size Land Forces Brigade.

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AUKUS Partnership Kill Web Demonstration
Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration
May 3, 2024 | 1:04
U.S. Marines and service members from Australia and United Kingdom participated in a kill web demonstration on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, May 3, 2024. The trilateral defense and security partnership, also known as AUKUS, amongst the three allies displayed their shared commitment to strengthen deterrence capabilities and promote peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region. During a combat training scenario, Marines with Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, Australian and United Kingdom service members, and contractors with AeroVironment, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer, worked to search, locate and destroy mock enemy tanks, using two inert Switchblade 600 munitions. Switchblade 600 munitions are direct fire loitering munitions systems that rely on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) provided by UAVs. Troops in command operations centers use ISR to detect enemy forces ahead of troops on the ground. Once enemy tanks are detected, rear troops will launch the Switchblade 600 and it will loiter until a forward Marine directs it to the target for a strike. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Michael T. Bartman)
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