testimonials

"This experience has helped us become familiar and be prepared for our [UNIFIL] deployment. Every day we work with the U.S. we learn more and each day we are getting better."
-- Indonesian Company Commander at Garuda Shield 2011

"The exercise is designed to build lasting friendships through the promotion of cooperation among our two great democracies while sharing training, cultural exchanges, and improving partner readiness."
-- U.S. Army Alaska Deputy Commander Col. Mark S. Lowe, at Yudh Abhyas 2010

"The planning and the conduct of this exercise are a clear manifestation and expression of our intimate military ties in cooperation."
-- Malaysian Maj. Gen. Dato Razali Bin Hj Ahmad at Keris Strike 2010

Multinational Exercises

Our Focus:
The Multinational Exercises program supports combatant and service command partnerships through multinational and interagency exercise planning, design, control, and evaluation. Multinational Exercises focuses on building partner country capacity and promoting interagency coordination and bilateral and regional military cooperation. The primary training audiences are combined and multinational brigades and battalions. Exercises are designed to develop command and staff proficiencies in integrated mission command, deliberate decision-making processes, civil-military cooperation, and shared situational awareness.

Core Competencies:

  • Multinational and interagency exercise planning, design, and control
  • UN Peacekeeping and US Stability Operations subject-matter expertise
  • Scenario design and development, including:
    • Detailed local, national, and regional information
    • Key leader engagements, media interactions, and role-playing
    • Extensive utilization of UN, US, and Partner policy, doctrine, and best practices
  • Joint Training Management, including:
    • J/AMETL Development and Mission-Task Analysis
    • Standards-based evaluation
    • Use of Joint Event Life Cycle Management IT/Collaborative Tools
    • Interagency Training