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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USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) Conducts MK 15 CIWS PACFIRE
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC)
Nov. 17, 2018 | 0:28
The guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) fires her MK-15 Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) Phalanx during a Pre-Action Calibration Fire (PAC-FIRE) evolution as part of a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) carrier strike group (CSG) cruiser-destroyer (CRUDES) units are conducting the first East CRUDES SWATT. SWATT is led by Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and is designed to increase warfighting proficiency, lethality and interoperability of participating units. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesse Marquez Magallanes/Released)
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