From March 14-21, 2025, U.S. Army engineers from the 3rd Infantry Division’s 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion participated in NATO exercise Verboom in Latvia, alongside soldiers from nine other allied nations. The exercise focused on joint engineering training – including obstacle breaching, demolitions, and reconnaissance – to improve combat readiness and cooperation. Participants highlighted the value of learning from each other’s techniques and strengthening interoperability. The exercise involved quickly deploying forces and overcoming complex obstacles using armored vehicles and a joint assault bridge. Verboom demonstrated NATO’s collective defense capabilities and the U.S.’s commitment to security in the Baltic region, as part of Task Force Iron’s broader mission to build partnerships and enhance lethality across Europe.

U.S. Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket System crews, alongside Belgian and Norwegian forces, recently executed Exercise Thunderbolt Convergence March 24–27, 2025, designed to test how quickly NATO allies can coordinate precision fires across countries and distance in real time. Led by 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, the mission focused on HIMARS rapid infiltration, beyond line of sight targeting, and time-on-target strike coordination.

Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp, 101-year-old Lester F. Schrenk returned to the site of his captivity, Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland, on Friday, March 22, 2025. "To be back here in Poland after all these years, it's truly a blessing," Schrenk said, his eyes twinkling. "There was a time when this place held painful memories, but that anger, that resentment... it has no place in my heart anymore."

U.S. Army’s V Corps returned to support and train alongside NATO’s Headquarters Multinational Corps Southeast (MNC-SE) and roughly 12 other nations for training evaluation during Loyal Leda 2025 (LOLE25) in Sibiu, Romania, March 4-13, 2025.

U.S. Soldiers began moving into new, Polish-built barracks buildings on March 11, 2025, marking a shift in accommodations for U.S. military personnel training in Poland. The barracks are capable of housing more than 1,700 Soldiers—with over 1000 currently scheduled to move in by the end of the month.

U.S. Army field artillery crews validate their proficiency with the M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzer, demonstrating their ability to deliver accurate and lethal fires during crew certifications.

The U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division uncased their colors as 1st Cavalry Division formally transferred their authority for its mission in Eastern Europe during a ceremony held in Boleslawiec, Poland, March 6. The Fort Bliss, Texas, based armored division assumed control as the U.S. Army’s Task Force operating across Europe’s eastern flank from the 1st Cavalry Division.

U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, recently completed rigorous cold weather training in the Arctic Circle, increasing their ability to fight and win in an arctic operational environment.

U.S. Army soldiers from V Corps joined the Estonian Defense Forces and NATO partners to demonstrate the alliance’s strength and lethality during the 107th anniversary of Estonia's Independence Day military parade on Feb. 24, 2024.

POWIDZ, Poland – U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, alongside Polish Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, visited the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 (APS-2) site in Powidz, Poland on February 15, 2025. The visit highlighted the U.S. Army's commitment to equipping its forces with cutting-edge technology and bolstering deterrence in Eastern Europe, particularly through the V Corps' leading role in the "Transforming in Contact" (TiC) initiative.