Airfield seizure during Exercise Arctic Warrior 21

Paratroopers from 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, conduct an airborne operations and airfield seizure to kick off Exercise Arctic Warrior 21, Feb. 8, 2021, at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska.

IM-SHORAD system completes testing on White Sands Missile Range

The Initial Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system has completed its testing at White Sands Missile Range.

The Initial Maneuver Short Range Air Defense System is a Stryker-based air defense platform to replace the Avenger system. The IM-SHORAD is more mobile, flexible, better protected, and according to the Soldiers, more comfortable to use that the Avenger.

Photo by John Hamilton
White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs
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Fuji Viper 21.2: Littoral Strike Day 2

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, conduct the culminating event, Litoral Strike, during exercise Fuji Viper 21.2 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, on Jan. 22, 2021. During this evolution of Fuji Viper, Marines honed their tactical skills, demonstrating that infantry formations can facilitate joint force multi-domain maneuver in support of naval operations.