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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NYARNG "Fighting 69th" Infantry Regiment Conduct 6 Mile Ruck March in NYC
New York National Guard
May 16, 2021 | 0:18
New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1-69th “Fighting 69th” Infantry Battalion HHC conduct a timed, six-mile ruck march along the FDR Drive (East River) in Manhattan during the early morning hours on 16 May 2021. Approximately 30 soldiers from the Battalion participated in the Ruck march event, which were previous suspended since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The ruck march was conducted to get the battalion back into “Soldiering” in preparation for the Norwegian 18-mile Ruck March the battalion will be completing at the end of their annual training at the end of the Summer. (New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs video by New York Guard Captain Mark Getman and Sergeant Michael Bilski)
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