USAREUR-AF, NATO Allies conclude Exercise Avenger Triad 26

U.S. Army Europe and Africa and NATO Allies successfully concluded Avenger Triad 26 on Oct. 15, marking the end of a 10-day exercise. WIESBADEN, Germany — U.S. Army Europe and Africa and NATO Allies successfully concluded Avenger Triad 26 on Oct. 15, marking the end of a 10-day, distributed command post exercise that tested simulated large-scale, multi-domain combat operations across Europe. Conducted from Oct. 6 to 15, the exercise brought together approximately 2,000 U.S. service members and 2,000 multinational personnel operating from command posts across France, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Avenger Triad 26 was synchronized with NATO’s premier command post exercise, Steadfast Duel 26, which linked strategic and operational decision-makers across all 32 Allied nations.

Operating primarily from the Combined Operations and Intelligence Center at Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, USAREUR-AF and NATO’s Allied Land Command functioned as a converged, integrated warfighting headquarters, turning NATO’s regional defense plans into synchronized operational action. “Steadfast Duel and Avenger Triad demonstrated that our collective defense is not just an idea on paper; it is an active, trained reality,” said Lt. Gen. Jez Bennett, acting LANDCOM commander. “By deploying our LANDCOM staff to Wiesbaden to fight alongside our U.S. partners as a single, connected headquarters, we tested our people, validated our processes and refined our ability to deliver decisive action under pressure. Our strength