From left, Danish Army Lt. Col. Dennis Nuppenau, senior national representative of the Danish enhanced forward presence Battle Group, Danish Army Maj. Carsten Holmfred, second in command senior national representative of the Danish enhanced forward presence Battle Group, and Army Maj. Gen. Paul D. Rogers, adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, discuss the training being conducted with Cpt. Kasey Robbins, Alpha Battery commander, 1-119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, during exercise Summer Shield at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, May 26, 2022. Sum


From left, Danish Army Lt. Col. Dennis Nuppenau, senior national representative of the Danish enhanced forward presence Battle Group, Danish Army Maj. Carsten Holmfred, second in command senior national representative of the Danish enhanced forward presence Battle Group, and Army Maj. Gen. Paul D. Rogers, adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, discuss the training being conducted with Cpt. Kasey Robbins, Alpha Battery commander, 1-119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, during exercise Summer Shield at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, May 26, 2022. Summer Shield, led by Latvian Mechanized Infantry Brigade is one of multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe that make up Defender Europe 22 exercise, led by Army Europe and Africa. Defender demonstrates Army Europe and Africa’s ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.


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