U.S. naval forces completed participation in a weeklong Oman-led naval exercise in and off the coast of Oman, 11 May, with forces from France and the United Kingdom.
It’s not unusual to see camouflage-clad soldiers and vehicles throughout Switzerland. Every male between the ages of 18 and 35 can be conscripted into the Army, and after 21 weeks’ basic training you keep your weapon and undergo additional training, followed by reserve duty.
Airmen assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 123rd Air Control Squadron hosted a two-week combined training exercise with six service members from NATO allies Lithuania, Latvia and Hungary.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) began training its first cohort of pilots, sensor operators, and mission intelligence coordinators on operating its new Protector Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) at the Flight Test & Training Center (FTTC) in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
More than 17,600 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. military participated in Balikatan 2023, an annual bilateral exercise between the two allies and the largest iteration of Balikatan to date.
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two concluded a scheduled port visit to Souda Bay, Greece, with its flagship USS James E. Williams (USA) as well as HMCS Fredericton (Canada), HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (Netherlands), and ITS Paolo Thaon di Revel (Italy).
Cubic Defence UK, operating as part of Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS), was awarded a contract extension to continue to support training for the British Army.
An Aircraft Fire-fighting Research Laboratory is now operating at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Civil Aerospace Medical Institute in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Ships from the navies of Japan and Italy sailed together and conducted combined training in the Gulf of Aden while operating under two multinational maritime partnerships, Combined Maritime Forces and European Union Naval Forces.