When Sept. 11, 2001, dawned, the Northeast Air Defense Sector in Rome, N.Y., went on full alert — to prepare for a training exercise that envisioned a sneak attack by Russian planes flying over the North Pole to bomb the United States, a prospect that Defense Secretary Robert McNamara had dismissed as outdated in 1966.
SWAT team members prepare for a training exercise.
While at Wooloomanata No. 79 Squadron undertook training exercises to prepare for combat.
The CAP fleet is used in training exercises to prepare USAF pilots to intercept enemy aircraft over the Continental United States.
As part of the Mutual Defense Treaty, the U.S. and Philippines conduct multiple bilateral training exercises to prepare for various scenarios, which include responding to natural disasters.
The caption reads: Members of the Kaibiles special forces prepared for a training exercise.
Throughout the Spring of 2008, the unit prepared for the deployment by conducting training exercises in Germany.
Marines "rely on the hard, realistic training" of the training exercises "to develop the individual and collective skills necessary to prepare for high-end combat," said Neller, who has been commandant since September 2015.
That's no reason, obviously, not to be prepared; it's no reason not to do training exercises; it's no reason not to have proper equipment on hand.
Narayanan also mentioned simulations — such as the computer-game-like training exercises that many companies now use to prepare workers for a job.
To prepare to operate in the Arctic, the Navy conducted ICEX2016, training exercises in the Arctic Ocean to research and test its capabilities there.
