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 Master Sgt. Eric Miller
Air Combat Command Chief Visits EADS
174th Attack Wing
Oct. 8, 2014 | 1:12
Rome N.Y - Command Chief Master Sergeant Steve K. McDonald visited military operations at the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) on October 8, 2014. Chief McDonald is the Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. He is the enlisted advisor to the Commander and staff for the enlisted force stationed at 27 and wings, 17 bases and at more than 200 operating locations around the world. EADS provides air sovereignty and executes counter-air-o...perations over the eastern United States. EADS is a part of the New York Air National Guard and directs the employment of 178 sensors, 8 fighter alert locations, AWACS aircraft, a Battle Control Center (BCC), and joint air defense artillery assets to defend one million square miles, 16 cities, and adjacent seas. (New York Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Eric Miller/released)

EADS Homepage:
http://www.eads.ang.af.mil/
CMSgt Mcdonald's Bio:
http://www.acc.af.mil/library/biographies/bio.asp?id=18013
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