GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA, Germany -- Approximately 2,520 participants from eight nations will participate in Exercise Allied Spirit V at the 7th Army Training Command's Hohenfels Training Area in southeastern Germany Sept. 26 to Oct. 15.
There will be about 1,065 participants from the NATO countries of Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Lithuania and the United Kingdom.
About 1,455 participants will come from the United States' 2nd Cavalry Regiment; 12th Combat Aviation Brigade; 40th Infantry Division of the California Army National Guard; Louisiana Army National Guard and Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
Allied Spirit V is unique in its ability to provide a hands-on laboratory to prepare forces in Europe to operate together by exercising tactical interoperability and testing secure communications within NATO Allies and partners.
In this exercise, Lithuania's "Iron Wolf" Brigade will command the brigade headquarters.
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