#HappeningNow: 🇺🇸 @82ndABNDiv & 🇬🇧 @16AirAssltBde #Paratroopers conduct Joint Forcible Entry operations from #FortBragg, North Carolina, into 🇪🇪 #Estonia for #SwiftResponse 2021! 🪂 #DefenderEurope @PantherBrigade @USEmbTallinn @FORSCOM @USArmy @18airbornecorps pic.twitter.com/mmmftv8sfa
— U.S. Army Europe and Africa (@USArmyEURAF) May 7, 2021
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| U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, fire the M777 Howitzer during Table 12 of the Field Artillery Certification and Qualification at Yakima Training Center May 4, 2021. Field artillery tables are procedures designated from Table 1 through Table 18 and provide crew, section, and team qualification through collective training up to the battalion and Brigade Combat Team levels to support the commander's assessment of training readiness. |
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| NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN (May 3, 2021) - A U.S. Marine AH-1Z Super Cobra, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, passes a UH-1Y Venom, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) in support of Northern Edge 2021. Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members are participating in a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises designed to sharpen the joint forces’ skills; to practice tactics, techniques, and procedures; to improve command, control and communication relationships; and to develop cooperative plans and programs. |
The brand new RMMV HX3 and 155 mm AGM on the back. One for the British Army to look at carefully? pic.twitter.com/0TZm5ZGJXx
— Jon Hawkes (@JonHawkes275) May 6, 2021
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| TAPA CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, Estonia — A U.S. Army M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System fires during a live fire exercise in support of Fires Shock, a series of fires exercises in support of DEFENDER-Europe 21 May 5, 2021. This portion of Fires Shock is in support of Swift Response 21, a linked exercise of DEFENDER-Europe 21, which involves special operations activities, air assaults, and live fire exercises in Estonia, Bulgaria, and Romania, demonstrating airborne interoperability among NATO allies. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale U.S. Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the U.S., NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region. Follow the latest news and information about DEFENDER-Europe 21, visit |
