DEF20 Phase II ~ ARAT Fitted To M1 Abrams
US Army 18th Military Police Brigade personnel have installed ARAT to M1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Bergen-Hohne for DEFENDER-Europe Phase II.... Read More
DEF20 Plus and ALLIED SPIRIT ~ Breach and Cross
Earlier this week Polish and US troops on the ALLIED SPIRIT phase of DEF20 Plus (DEFENDER-Europe 20 Plus) undertook breaching and river... Read More
DEF20 ~ ALLIED SPIRIT 20 ~ Wet Gap Crossing
Polish Combat Engineers yesterday constructed a pontoon bridge at Drawsko Pomorskie to allow US Infantry on ALLIED SPIRIT 20 to conduct a... Read More
DEF20 ~ ALLIED SPIRIT 20 Briefing
Yesterday, 5th June, as Exercise ALLIED SPIRIT 20 commenced in Poland, a Telephonic Press Briefing was held to keep defence correspondents informed,... Read More
DEF20 ~ ALLIED SPIRIT 20 Now Underway
Exercise ALLIED SPIRIT 20, linked to Defender-Europe20, is taking place in Poland from today until 19th June, mostly on Drawsko Pomorskie Training... Read More
DEF20 ~ Dutch Host Nation Logistics
On Friday 13th March, as the US DEFENDER-Europe 20 (DEF20) deployment went into drawdown, I visited Vlissingen to document Dutch Host Nation... Read More
DEF20 ~ US Military Sealift Command
US Military Sealift Command was to the fore in the initial deployment phase of the now cancelled DEFENDER-Europe 20 (DEF20) US Army... Read More
Exercise DEFENDER-Europe 20 ~ Official Update
In response to the current outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and recent guidance Exercise DEFENDER-Europe 20 has been modified in size and... Read More
COVID-19 ~ DEFENDER-Europe 20 Update
Headquarters United States European Command has this evening announced the reduction of the DEFENDER-Europe 20 deployment in response to COVID-19. ~ Press... Read More
COVID-19 ~ USAREUR Commander And Staff Self-Monitoring
The US Secretary of the Army has announced that USAREUR Commander, Lt Gen Richard Cavoli, and staff members are self-monitoring and working... Read More