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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment maneuver vehicles near Engelsberg, Germany, during a convoy from the Grafenwoehr Training Area to the Hohenfels Training Area during Saber Junction 25, Sep. 3, 2025. During Saber Junction, 2nd Cavalry Regiment incorporates structural and doctrinal changes aligned with the U.S. Army’s Transformation in Contact (TiC) initiative to become more mobile, lethal and able to rapidly respond to crisis.
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A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, supporting Task Force Iron, operates a Black Hornet reconnaissance drone during Project Flytrap at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, July 28, 2025. Project Flytrap is part of a series of counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) training events conducted by soldiers from the U.S. and U.K. to test new technologies and tactics. Results from Project Flytrap will inform the way the U.S., allies, and partners fight on the modern battlefield. Task Force Iron’s mission is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent to increase lethality while strengthening partnerships with NATO allies and regional security partners. The task force provides combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s only forward-deployed corps in Europe.
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HOHENFELS TRAINING AREA, Germany — Soldiers of V Corps' 2nd Cavalry Regiment convoyed from Grafenwoehr Training Area to Hohenfels Training Area Sept. 3, where they are set to go "in the box" of Saber Junction 25.
More than 7,300 U.S., NATO and partner nations forces are training together for 7th Army Training Command’s third U.S. Army Transformation in Contact 2.0 exercise at Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas in Germany during Saber Junction 25, which started Aug. 14 and runs through Sept. 21.
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 2d Cavalry Regiment drive a Stryker through Konigstein, Germany during a convoy from the Grafenwohr Training Area to the Hohenfels Training Area during Saber Junction 25, Sep. 3, 2025. During Saber Junction, 2nd Cavalry Regiment incorporates structural and doctrinal changes aligned with the U.S. Army’s Transformation in Contact (TiC) initiative to become more mobile, lethal and able to rapidly respond to crisis.
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment maneuver vehicles near Engelsberg, Germany, during a convoy from the Grafenwoehr Training Area to the Hohenfels Training Area during Saber Junction 25, Sep. 3, 2025. During Saber Junction, 2nd Cavalry Regiment incorporates structural and doctrinal changes aligned with the U.S. Army’s Transformation in Contact (TiC) initiative to become more mobile, lethal and able to rapidly respond to crisis.
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U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, supporting Task Force Iron, establish radio communications during Project Flytrap at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, July 27, 2025. Project Flytrap is part of a series of counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) training events conducted by soldiers from the U.S. and U.K. to test new technologies and tactics. Results from Project Flytrap will inform the way the U.S., allies, and partners fight on the modern battlefield. Task Force Iron’s mission is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent to increase lethality while strengthening partnerships with NATO allies and regional security partners. The task force provides combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s only forward-deployed corps in Europe.
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“Collective training in Europe increases warfighting readiness and ensures U.S., allied and partner forces remain postured to defend against any global threat,” said Brig. Gen. Terry Tillis, 7ATC commanding general. “Exercise Saber Junction supports EUCOM’s objectives and builds trust, accountability and shared readiness among NATO Allies, alongside U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s troops stationed in Europe, while looking to the future and testing the U.S. Army’s modernization initiatives in a realistic and dynamic training scenario.”
The Soldiers of 2nd Cavalry Regiment will be bringing with them the latest counter-UAS technology and tactics. Starting last fall, the Army outfitted the Grafenwoehr-based unit with low-cost, easily transportable counter-drone capabilities through the Army's Transformation in Contact 2.0 fielding initiative. The brigade ran the equipment through a series of tests called, "Project Flytrap," in Germany and Poland.
Saber Junction will test that new and improved tech and tactics with an opposing force armed with several hundred drones, all produced in-house by 3D printers and assembled by Soldiers.
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Laux, assigned to 3rd Platoon, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, receives instruction on operating a Night Fighter portable electronics jamming device from a British soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, Royal Yorkshire Regiment at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, July 28, 2025. Project Flytrap is part of a series of counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) training events conducted by soldiers from the U.S. and U.K. to test new technologies and tactics. Results from Project Flytrap will inform the way the U.S., allies, and partners fight on the modern battlefield. Task Force Iron’s mission is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent to increase lethality while strengthening partnerships with NATO allies and regional security partners. The task force provides combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s only forward-deployed corps in Europe.
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment maneuver vehicles near Engelsberg, Germany, during a convoy from the Grafenwoehr Training Area to the Hohenfels Training Area during Saber Junction 25, Sep. 3, 2025. During Saber Junction, 2nd Cavalry Regiment incorporates structural and doctrinal changes aligned with the U.S. Army’s Transformation in Contact (TiC) initiative to become more mobile, lethal and able to rapidly respond to crisis.
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Exercise Saber Junction is an annual large-scale combat training center exercise for permanently stationed brigades in Europe that reinforces the U.S. Army’s ability to transition rapidly from competition to crisis or conflict.
This rotation focuses on brigade-level defensive operations, integration of joint fires and employing Transformation in Contact technology. The units participating in the training will be tested against a near-peer opposing force on a contemporary battlefield.
Exercise Saber Junction has been held at Hohenfels Training Area for more than 10 years as the brigade-validation exercise series for U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s permanently stationed brigades — rotating between 173rd Airborne Brigade and 2nd Cavalry Regiment.
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