DVIDS – News – Particular Operations Command Europe kicks off Trojan Footprint 22 with contributors from greater than 30 nations

STUTTGART, Germany – Trojan Footprint (TFP) 22 is ready to start Could 2 and conclude Could 13, with U.S. Particular Operations Forces (SOF) proactively working and coaching along with NATO allies and European companions throughout Southeastern Europe, the Baltics and the Black Sea Area to exhibit their collective navy readiness to deploy and reply to any disaster which will come up.

This 12 months’s TFP contains greater than 3,300 contributors from 30 nations, doubling in dimension from the earlier 12 months and making it the most important SOCEUR train to this point. Land, air, and sea operations for Trojan Footprint 22 will happen throughout Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

“Certainly one of our priorities is constructing resilience towards adversary efforts to undermine democratic processes and values,” mentioned Maj. Gen. David H. Tabor, Commander of Particular Operations Command Europe. “This joint, mixed coaching in Europe will proceed to construct and strengthen these relationships with our allies and companions, establishing a standard sight-picture for fight and peacekeeping missions overseas.”

Trojan Footprint 22 is the premier train of U.S. Particular Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) and the first SOF certification occasion to evaluate the readiness and skill of SOF to counter threats. It continues to exhibit transatlantic solidarity and the safety commitments of the collaborating nations to protection alongside NATO’s jap flank.

The 2-week train additionally will increase integration with standard forces and can spotlight the skilled skillsets of land, air, and sea items to answer hybrid threats via discreet theatre entry and exit. As an train in coalition constructing, TFP 22 is concentrated on cultivating belief and growing lasting relationships that may promote peace and stability all through Europe.

“Particular Operations Forces stay a pillar of worldwide protection, and shut coordination between SOF and standard forces acts as a pressure multiplier, leveraging the discreet capabilities of SOF to reinforce lethality and dominance on the battlefield,” Tabor mentioned. “SOF parts add capabilities, expertise, and energy to traditional forces all through Europe.”

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