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Warfighting generates readiness at echelon - across time - to provide landpower at time of need: across day-to-day Campaigning, Crisis, and Conflict.

We integrate experimentation to develop and test future capabilities and formations while concentrating on training forward - physically and intellectually - in the region.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) prepare for JPMRC 23- 01 aboard the Guided-Missel Destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) near Oahu, Hawaii, Oct. 25, 2022. U.S.S. Hopper and crew are participating in Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) rotation 23-01, alongside the 25th Infantry Division, and elements from the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne). JPMRC rotations allow Army forces to rehearse strategic movements and maneuvers, integrate with allies and partners, and increase the readiness of the Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Miguel Peña)

A U.S. Army Boeing CH-47F prepares to land on the USS Portland (LPD 27) in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, Feb. 18, 2022. The joint service training was a part of a deck landing qualification held to maintain proficiency in supporting maritime missions in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Carlie Lopez/28th Public Affairs Detachment.)

Soldiers from B Company, 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade conducted deck landings with CH-47F Chinook helicopters on the the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the waters east of the Korean peninsula on September 26, 2022. Deck landing qualifications are conducted to certify air crew members and pilots on landing on a ship. This training was conducted in part with the Maritime Counter Special Operations Exercise (MCSOFEX) to strengthen interoperability with our joint partners.

WARFIGHTER EXERCISE
We utilize WFX to trains Corps & Divisions experiments with warfighting capabilities and concepts, pushing the envelope and looking for outcomes that identify potential gaps as well as logistical and force structure needs. WFX 23-1 introduced the first Asia-Pacific scenario outside the Korean Theater of Operations, presenting a number of complicated problem sets for the training audience.

U.S. Army Spc. Connor Macdowell from B Co. 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, 1st Platoon Team Leader leads Spc. Timothy Bannon around the corner using the pie technique, in Fiji, September 13, 2022. Exercise Cartwheel is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the United States, Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.

Soldier assigned to 5-17 Air Cavalry Squadron, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, removes a Hydra 70 missile from an ammo crate to laod into the AH-64E Apache Helicopter, July 19, 2022, Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, Republic of Korea. Pilots of the AH-64E are required to qualify on all of the Apaches weapon systems. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Oscar Toscano)

U.S. Army Soldiers from C Company 1-27 Wolfhounds, 25th Infantry Division, pull security in anticipation of an attack during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) on Helemano Military Reservation, Hi., Nov. 2, 2022. JPMRC 23-1 trains the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team “Warriors”, 25th Infantry Division in realistic conditions, ensuring they are prepared for crisis or conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kelsey Kollar)

U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division participate in dual door gunnery in their semi-annual door gunnery training exercise from June 21 to 25, 2022. A crew member fires the M240H light machine gun out of the door of a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.

EXPERIMENTATION
We include experimentation in every training event we conduct. We contribute to future readiness by partnering with Army Futures Command's Project Convergence in support of USINDOPACOM's Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability, PMTEC, to experiment in the region's unique conditions and inform Joint and Army Concepts. Project Convergence is an opportunity for collaboration, experimentation and a way of informing how we fight.

PACIFIC SENTRY
Indo-Pacific Command's bi-annual joint table-top exercise certifies USARPAC as a 4-star Combined Joint Task Force for the Joint Force Commander.

CAMP HUMPHREYS, REPUBLIC OF KOREA – Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK Combined Division participated in an Expert Soldier Badge train-up prior to conducting the ESB test-out on Camp Casey, South Korea, August 23, 2022.

The Expert Soldier Badge is awarded to Soldiers who have completed testing and do not serve in the Infantry, Special Forces, or Medical Branches.

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, receive a sustainment brief during brigade rehearsals on Wheeler Army Airfield, HI, Oct. 29, 2022. The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) training strongly contributes to our readiness in the most consequential region in the world at the most consequential times in history during rotation 23-01. JPMRC strengthens defense relationships, fosters multinational interoperability, increases readiness, and reinforces the unified regional land power network of the Joint Force. (U.S. Army photos by Spc. Jeffrey Garland)

From left, U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Boutsy and Pfc. Kevin Brown conduct maintenance for communications equipment during the annual joint bilateral exercise Keen Sword, Nov. 12, 2022. Exercises like Keen Sword is an ideal training scenario for Soldiers allowing U.S. military forces to work with Japanese forces across a variety of areas to enhance the already broad interoperability of U.S. and Japanese forces.Keen Sword is the latest in a series of joint-bilateral field training exercises designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of the JSDF and U.S. forces. The U.S.-Japan Alliance is built on shared interests and values, and a commitment to freedom and human rights. The alliance is strong and focused on reinforcing a security architecture of regional partnerships, including building new partnerships and strengthening multilateral cooperation.(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Teresa Cantero)

JPMRC
The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center is the Army's Combat Training Center in the Pacific theater, training Army, joint, ally and partner forces in the region and under the conditions in which they will most likely operate - from tropic, jungle, eight-island archipelago in Hawaii to the extreme cold weather, high altitude arctic Alaska. JPMRC generates joint readiness and ensures our forces remain available to the Joint Force.

A Soldier from the 25th Infantry Division returns fire from opposition forces during the Joint Pacific Multi-National Readiness Center rotation 22-01 exercise on Oct. 25, 2021 on Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii. JPMRC Rotation 22-01 provides the 25th Infantry Division the opportunity to integrate and train alongside our partners and allies throughout the Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Carlie Lopez/28th Public Affairs Detachment)

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, clears his M240L medium machine gun after engaging several ground targets as part of an aerial gunnery during Hanuman Guardian 22, Lop Buri, Kingdom of Thailand, Mar. 16, 2022. Working together, the U.S. Army and the Royal Thai Army conduct multinational, combined task force events that are vital to maintaining the readiness and interoperability of security forces across the region. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Hamlin)

U.S. Army Soldiers from C Company 1-27 Wolfhounds, 25th Infantry Division, utilize a drone block during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) on Helemano Military Reservation, Hi., Nov. 2, 2022. JPMRC 23-1 trains the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team “Warriors”, 25th Infantry Division in realistic conditions, ensuring they are prepared for crisis or conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kelsey Kollar)