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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661st Engineer Construction Company Preparing for Deployment
Joint Force Headquarters - Illinois National Guard Public Affairs
June 5, 2025 | 0:07
Spc. Garett Drane, assigned to 2nd Platoon, 661st Engineer Company, 123rd Engineer Battalion, 404th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Illinois National Guard, securing the perimeter with a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and providing security during the building of a new road Jun. 5 at Marseilles Training Center, Ill. The unit is training to deploy to the U.S. CENTCOM area of responsibility. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Capt. A.J. Peskuski)
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