Reforger

Re`for´ger

One who reforges.

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They were noted in several Joint Staff-sponsored exercises, including REFORGER in 1987 and WINTEX in 1988 and 1989.

Medical command and control in sea-based operations

The aircraft took-off using call signs typical for a NATO exercise, and the huge REFORGER '86 exercise had started in January.

A Soviet look at Eldorado Canyon: Soviet sources say April 1986 US raid on Libya revealed incompetence rather than technical failings

In the 1980s, a REFORGER exercise was a massive effort that required deploying an all-live force of thousands of soldiers and vehicles.

Virtual training for CSS soldiers: using simulated forces during training exercises not only saves millions of dollars annually but also averts the sociological, economic, and ecological damage inherent in live exercises

I was not a member of the armed forces, although I did spend a good deal of time in fatigues and ate dinner out of a mess tin during the annual NATO REFORGER exercises.

Tools wanted - please!

From 1985-1989, he worked with NATO and other allied commands in Europe, planning and executing REFORGER and other joint exercises.

NATO at 50: a mid-life crisis: expansion and events in the Balkans test NATO's resolve and relevance in a rapidly changing Europe as the Atlantic Alliance marks its 50th anniversary in April 1999

During the last REFORGER exercise AH-64A Apache helicopters of the US Army gave an impressive display of their night-time combat capabilities.

Night combat airborne platforms ... and night vision systems that equip them

It was the first time since Exercise Reforger during the Cold War that Soldiers deployed to an expeditionary environment over such a long distance on short notice with their home-station equipment.

Connecting the dots: Soldiers and Army civilians must appreciate what the other services can provide in order to connect the dots and get the best solution

We would have a fraction of the force forward deployed, and we would have these big Reforger exercises, for example.

From the chairman: an interview with Martin E. Dempsey

My 37-plus years of service have been a privilege; however, as a young LT during a REFORGER exercise in Germany, I had the traumatic realization that transportation was really the center of the logistics/sustainment universe.

Forum & Expo wrap-up

Army Air Defense Artillery Center (USAADC) & Fort Bliss, deployed on REFORGER (Return of Forces to Germany) '88 with the 3d Armored Calvary Regiment, and among other training exercises, has participated in annual training at the National Training Center with the 116th Cavalry (IDARNG).

Mentoring Afghan National Army judge advocates: an operational law mission in Afghanistan and beyond

The last time I planned and participated in major river-crossing operations was as a company commander in the 1st Armored Division during Reforger 79.

Updating river-crossing doctrine: who and when?

Fried escorted the first observers from the Warsaw Pact during REFORGER 87 and CARAVAN GUARD 88.