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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24 MEU conducts joint TRAP training with ODA
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Jan. 16, 2024 | 3:06
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a simulated tactical recovery of aircraft personnel (TRAP) with U.S. Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, January 16, 2024. TRAP training with SOF enforces and improves joint personal recovery tactics, training, and procedures for MEU- Special Operations Capabilities (SOC). Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) enhances the MEU’s capability to execute special skills operations by training the command element (CE), aviation combat element (ACE), and ground combat element (GCE). Realistic urban training (RUT) offers an enhanced opportunity for amphibious ready group (ARG)-MEU interoperability training in preparation for their upcoming deployment overseas. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Nathan Mitchell)
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