NATO Exercise Dragoon Ready 21 prepares US 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

The U.S. 2nd Cavalry Regiment participated in exercise Dragoon Ready 21 from April 9-19 at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, to enhance and train its core tasks. During the multinational combat training center exercise, 2nd Cav. Regt. was joined by elements of the United Kingdom and French armies, while the Joint Multinational Readiness Center was joined with elements of the Italian and Latvian armies, enhancing the ability to respond more effectively to regional crises and meet security needs.
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Opposing forces tankers on modified M113 APC  with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, preparing to engage the 2nd Cavalry Division during the culminating battle of the Dragoon 21 training exercise at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, April 19, 2021. (Picture source: U.S. Army/Master Sgt. Ryan C. Matson)

“Here at JMRC, we’re Europe’s only CTC (Combat Training Center) so what we do is replicate a near-peer threat for the training audience,” said 1st Lt. Alexander White, an executive officer assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, the permanent opposing forces at JMRC. “We don’t take it easy on them, we replicated multiple types of threats and planned accordingly to help them get quality training that they can learn from.”

Opposing forces tankers on modified M113 APC  with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, preparing to engage the 2nd Cavalry Division during the culminating battle of the Dragoon 21 training exercise at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, April 19, 2021. (Picture source: U.S. Army/Master Sgt. Ryan C. Matson)

2nd Cav. Regt. provides the 7th Army Training Command with a lethal and agile force capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater in order to assure allies, deter adversaries, and when ordered, defend the NATO alliance.

“Training like this is so important because it gives the soldiers a snapshot of what may be coming in the future so they’ll always be prepared,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Willie Allen, the senior enlisted advisor at the Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Cav. Regt. “The training here will provide the muscle memory for when they are in a combat operation.”

Much of the training conducted was to engineer the battlefield, employ force-on-force engagements, respond to chemical attacks, casualty evacuations, and a ruck march.

Italian tankers acting as opposing forces prepare to engage the 2nd Cavalry Division during the culminating battle of the Dragoon 21 training exercise at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, April 19, 2021. (Picture source: U.S. Army/Master Sgt. Ryan C. Matson)