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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MV-22 Osprey Battlefield Illumination Ops
Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1
Oct. 2, 2017 | 4:13
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), conducts a battlefield illumination operation during Weapons and Tactics Instructor course (WTI) 1-18 at Yuma, Ariz., on Oct. 02, 2017. WTI is a seven-week training even hosted by MAWTS-1 cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps Aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force and provides standardized advance tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Charnelle Smith)
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