The first-ever virtual, joint U.S. Israel ballistic missile defense exercise, Juniper Falcon 2021, concluded Feb. 12 following two weeks of military training focused on enhancing the defense of Israel through combined coordination, shared capabilities, and continued military relationships.

Efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccine to Department of Defense personnel have expanded to 14 countries at 38 distribution sites across the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) area of responsibility.

By road, rail, air and sea, moving military forces and the vast array of equipment and supplies to support them is one of the greatest challenges that U.S. European Command’s (USEUCOM) director of logistics, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Duke Heinz, and his team confront every day.

U.S. and Turkey participated in joint air and surface exercises Feb. 9.

Naval special operations forces from the Greek Underwater Demolition Team (DYK), Cypriot Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC) joined forces to conduct a maritime exercise in Souda Bay, Greece, January 11-29. The tri-lateral Special Operations Forces (SOF) exercise, which was designed to better enable global operations, included Over the Beach (OTB), Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS), and Small Boat Interdiction (SBI).

Approximately 4,500 participants from six ally and partner nations are scheduled to participate in Combined Resolve XV at the U.S. Army’s Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas, Feb. 1- Mar. 5, 2021.