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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Video by Pfc. Thalia Rivera
Ryuku Vice | MACS-4 Conducts Air Control Operations
1st Marine Aircraft Wing
Dec. 16, 2022 | 5:12
A U.S. Marine Corps AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system attached to Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 4 tracks various aircraft during Ryukyu Vice 23.1 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 15, 2022. Ryukyu Vice is a joint fixed-wing aviation command and control exercise that provides critical training to 1st Marine Aircraft Wing tactical air control personnel through offensive, defensive and counter-air live-flight scenarios. During the exercise, MACS-4 Marines practiced air intercept control using the G/ATOR. (U.S. Marine Corps video by LCpl. Thalia Rivera))
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