#Combat Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX)

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Soldiers with C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pull security while training to clear an open engagement area during a dry rehearsal for a Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise (CALFEX) at the Novo Selo Training Area in Mokren, Bulgaria.

The U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis (2020).

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US to Send M1 Abrams Tanks to Ukraine#Send #Abrams #Tanks #Ukraine

Handout file photo dated March 26, 2018, shows 
a M1 Abrams tank from 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, firing a round during a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany.  The Biden administration has announced it is sending tanks to the Ukrainian military, a game-changing move to help the embattled…

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U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division engage in a Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise (CALFEX) on Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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A M1 Abrams tank from 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, fires a round during a combined arms live fire exercise (CALFEX) at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Mar 28, 2018. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Spc. Hubert Delany)

(via Army to improve acquisition process, intellectual property protection | Article | The United States Army)

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Cobra Gold : One of world's largest multinational military exercises

Cobra Gold is an Asia-Pacific military exercise held in Thailand every year. It is the largest Asia-Pacific military exercise held each year, and is among the largest multinational military exercise in which the United States participates. Cobra Gold was first held in 1982. It served as military training exercise to improve coordination between the armed forces of the United States and Thailand in both hostile military and humanitarian efforts. It also had the goal of strengthening ties between the U.S. and Thailand, the oldest ally of the United States in the South Asia region. More recently, Cobra Gold has served a humanitarian mission, as military personnel deliver health care to the local Thai population, and as a testing ground for new battlefield technologies such as solar powered weaponry.

 As of 2014, Cobra Gold has three distinct activities. The first is the combined arms live fire exercise (CALFEX), in which live ammunition is aimed at predetermined targets. Troops then assault a beach and landing zone while this live fire occurs. The second activity is a command post exercise (CPX), in which military officers engage in computerized war games, disaster relief, or humanitarian missions over several days. The final activity is assisting the local Thai population.

In 2017, there were 29 nations that participated in Cobra Gold either directly or as observers. This year is 36th anniversary of Cobra Gold exercise co-hosted by Thailand and United States between 14 and 24 of February 2017. Cobra Gold 2017 aims to improve capabilities among the participating nations, joint operation, civic action  and do build up relationship between Thailand and United States when power seizure in 2014 Thai-US relations have fallen. Cobra Gold 2017 aims to improve capabilities among the participating nations, joint operation, civic action  The field exercises including variety of training, such as Amphibious Assault Demonstration, EOD mission, Close Air Support (CAS) and Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) which is an exercise on strategical engagement by using various types of weapons. In civic action, were included humanitarian assistance and Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO). NEO was led by Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF)  during disaster relief operation. Mostly, a NEO used to move noncombatant personnel from dangerous area, usually caused by natural disaster  For 2018, the US has urged to remove Myanmar as observers due to the Rohingya crisis.

The United States has engaged in only a single, very minor military intervention in the Pacific area since the end of the Vietnam War, making it difficult to judge Cobra Gold's effectiveness in improving warfighting capabilities and coordination. Cobra Gold has, however, proven effective in improving coordinated military response to natural disasters, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami, and disaster relief provided to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan struck in November 2013.

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AFP services hold live-fire exercises in Tarlac

#PHnews: AFP services hold live-fire exercises in Tarlac

MANILA -- Joint components of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conducted a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) in Capas, Tarlac, as part of its ongoing multi-service exercise "DAGIT-PA", Wednesday.

The mission of the scenario-based CALFEX was to retake the Crow Valley Gunnery Range in Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base from the occupying enemy, "DAGIT-PA" public affairs office chief Capt. Rhyan Batchar said.

Joint Army, Air Force, and Marine forces utilized their ground maneuver, artillery, mortars, and air elements to successfully carry out the complex live-fire event.

During the exercise, aircraft from the Philippine Air Force's 15th Strike Wing and 5th Fighter Wing provided air cover and attacked enemy artillery to soften their bunkers.

Meanwhile, joint army and marine artillery and mortars delivered indirect fire support to ground troops to destroy the remaining enemy forces.

“The CALFEX underscores the importance of interoperability among our ground and air assets during combined combat operations. It also tested our service members’ maneuver warfare skills and fortified their capabilities in fighting together,” Commodore Adeluis Bordado, AFP Education Training and Doctrine Command head, and "DAGIT-PA" Exercise Director, said in a statement.

Joint exercises such as CALFEX seek to develop a high level of readiness and responsiveness among soldiers.

It also enhances the relationship between the services by enabling troops to work together towards accomplishing a common goal.

The CALFEX was part of a broader series of joint interoperability events under AFP Joint Exercise (AJEX) DAGIT-PA 03-2019 which was launched last September 16.

It involved more than 1,500 soldiers from all major services in events such as Air/Maritime Interdiction, Airfield Retake, Military Operations in Urban Terrain, and Amphibious Operations.

"DAGIT-PA" which stands for “Dagat-Langit-Lupa” aims to enhance interoperability during joint operations of the Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force, and Philippine Army. It also employed services and expertise from Special Operations Forces, Cyber Group, and Reservists. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "AFP services hold live-fire exercises in Tarlac." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1081489 (accessed September 26, 2019 at 05:08PM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "AFP services hold live-fire exercises in Tarlac." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1081489 (archived).

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CH-47 Chinook

CH-47 Chinook

A U.S.Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to U.S. Army Europe’s 12th Combat Aviation Brigade departs a landing zone. The military version of the helicopter has been subject to numerous export sales from nations across the world, typically using it as heavy-lift rotorcraft in a military context; the U.S. Army and the Royal Air Force have been its two largest users.

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Fire Away! by The U.S. Army Via Flickr: A M1 Abrams tank from 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, fires a round during a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Mar 26, 2018. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Hubert D. Delany III / 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

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U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (1/1 CD) conduct a combined arms live-fire exercise or CALFEX at the end of exercise Combined Resolve XI (CRXI) at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany in January 2019.

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The North Carolina Army National Guard 1-120th Battalion from the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team fire Bradleys and Tanks during a Combined Arms Live-Fire exercise (CALFEX) at Fort Bliss Texas in August 2018.

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U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, participate a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. During this CALFEX, U.S. Soldiers collaborate with their infantry, engineer and armor counterparts to be used in future exercises, as part of Atlantic Resolve.