About Arcane Thunder

Arcane Thunder 25 is a 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force exercise with U.S. Army and
multinational partners in May 2025 in Utska, Poland; Mainz-Kastel, Germany; and Fort
Huachuca, Arizona. This exercise will integrate joint forces, Allies, and partner capabilities to strengthen our ability to defend U.S. homeland and the protect our Allies.

Video by Staff Sgt. Aimee Nordin
Illinois National Guard Soldiers Conduct Counter-UAS Training at Fort Bliss
First Army Division West
March 1, 2025 | 1:04
Soldiers of the Illinois National Guard conduct Counter-Unamnned Aerial Systems training at McGregor Training Range, Fort Bliss Texas, on March 1, 2025. Infantrymen assigned to 2-130th Infantry Regiment conduct Counter-UAS training as apart of there Collective Training Exercise prior to their upcoming deployment to the Middle-East. Counter-UAS training involves a series of training events to include classroom training, hands-on weapons training and live-fire training. The Soldiers learned how to operate mounter 50-caliber and 30 millimeter caliber weapons using digital technology to demobilize enemy drones or unmanned aerial systems.
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