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SETAF-AF Task Force Minute: Episode 01 [August 2025]

Sept. 15, 2025 | 1:00

The SETAF-AF Task Force Minute showcases the month’s activities by SETAF-AF and subordinate units.
01. 173rd Airborne Brigade – Exercise Eagle Ace in Slunj, Croatia
02. U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa – Expert Soldier Badge Training in Vicenza, Italy
03. U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa – Deployment Readiness Exercise in Vicenza, Italy
04. 173rd Airborne Brigade – Ross Cup 2025 in Vicenza, Italy
05. U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa – Lions Legacy Super Sprint Triathlon Competition in Vicenza, Italy

JMTG-U UAV Innovation Team Tests Grenade Delivery System

The Joint Multinational Training Group–Ukraine (JMTG-U) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) innovation team conducted a live-fire test at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 9–12, 2025, dropping 117 live M67 grenades using a Skydio X10 Delta drone.

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Where Allies Train to Win: The Power and Purpose of Saber Junction 25

Sept. 14, 2025 | 1:34

During Saber Junction 25, held from August 14 to September 21, 2025, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s (JMRC) Hohenfels Training Area in Germany, more than 7,000 participants and 1,000 vehicles from 15 NATO Allied and Partner nations came together to enhance partnership and cohesion while refining standard operating procedures at every level. Home to the Army’s most capable Opposing Force (OPFOR), JMRC provided the complex, high-threat scenarios necessary to build lethal, cohesive, and combat-ready formations.

81st anniversary of Operation Market Garden

U.S. and Allied military personnel will commemorate the 81st anniversary of Operation Market Garden, in the Netherlands, one of the largest Allied operations of World War II, connecting the strength of the Alliance and dedicated resolve during WWII to NATO strength and unity today. Eighty-one years later, the bravery and heroism of all Allies during World War II continues to resonate with U.S. forces around the world, who remain steadfast in their commitment to global peace and security. Operation Market Garden and World War II remains an enduring historic reminder of how Allies with a common purpose and vision forge proven partnerships and reinforce bonds that remain to this day.

The operation was an airborne attack launched in conjunction with a ground attack by the British Second Army. The two attacks were known collectively as Operation MARKET-GARDEN. The airborne attack was designed to lay a carpet of airborne troops along a narrow corridor into Holland from Eindhoven northward to Arnhem. Airborne troops were to secure bridges across a number of canals as well as across three major water barriers. The objective was to get Allied troops across the Rhine. Three main advantages expected: cutting the land exit of Germans remaining in western Holland; outflanking the enemy's frontier defenses; and positioning British ground forces to drive into Germany along the North German plain. The operation was a daring strategic maneuver that failed.

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Preparing for New Age Warfare at Saber Junction 25

Sept. 10, 2025 | 1:06

During Saber Junction 25, soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment (IR), role-played oppositional forces (OPFOR), using a drone to locate, identify, and engage training exercise participants at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Hohenfels Training Area, Germany. The drone, equipped with thermal imaging and capable of spotting vehicles up to four kilometers away, has been critical in locating scouts, directing artillery fire, and guiding units in real time. During the first four days, the 4th IR's OPFOR used the system heavily. By forcing rotational training units to adapt to constant aerial observation and precision targeting, the exercise delivered a more realistic and challenging environment for NATO forces training together.

Reflecting on 9/11

Sept. 3, 2025 | 0:49

On Sept. 11, 2001, Master Sgt. Kelvin Reynosofernandez was a college student riding a bus from New York City into the Bronx when he saw smoke rising from the World Trade Center.

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1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade Provides Air Support During Saber Junction 25

The steady thrum of helicopter blades cuts through the Bavarian sky as U.S. Army aviators train alongside multinational partners during Saber Junction 25, one of the largest combat training events in Europe this year.

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United in Strength: Multinational Forces Forge Bonds at Saber Junction 25

Sept. 8, 2025 | 1:16

NATO Allies and Partner nations work in cohesion during exercise Saber Junction 25, at Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Hohenfels Training Area (JMRC), Germany, Sept. 8, 2025.

This is USAREUR-AF August 2025

Sept. 4, 2025 | 1:00

The "This is USAREUR-AF" video for August 2025 highlights U.S. Army Europe and Africa's activities across Europe, Africa, and beyond in the past month.

Saber Junction 25

Sept. 2, 2025 | 1:10

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment conduct a combined live fire exercise under the advisement of 7th Army Training Command's Joint Multinational Readiness Center, during exercise Saber Junction 25, in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 25, 2025.

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173rd Airborne Brigade Enhances Interoperability With NATO Allies in Eagle Ace 2025

Aug. 18, 2025 | 1:00

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct training during Eagle Ace 2025 at the Slunj Training Area, Croatia, Aug. 4, 2025.
Eagle Ace 2025 is a multinational exercise designed to enhance interoperability and readiness among NATO allies and partners. The 173rd Airborne Brigade, forward deployed across Italy and Germany, is the U.S. Army’s Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of rapidly deploying to the U.S. European, African and Central Command areas of responsibility.

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