The tenth Mountain Division (LI) hosted Summit Strike 2024, Nov. 19-21, with the intent to seamlessly combine fires; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR); and multi-domain operations (MDO) property by partnering with different nations, navy branches, and a number of trade companions to defeat adversaries, whereas showcasing Fort Drum because the premier coaching and power improvement hub within the Northeast.
“It’s our sacred obligation to struggle and win our nation’s wars,” mentioned Maj. Gen. Scott Naumann, the tenth Mountain Division (LI) and Fort Drum commander. “Summit Strike gives the tenth Mountain Division the chance to hone the abilities our warfighters want to perform this. By this multi-domain coaching train, we’re capable of study, refine necessities, and develop progressive options to struggle a near-peer enemy with successive iterations of reside, multi-domain coaching.”
“Such a coaching, partnered with facility enhancements, deepening institutional information from our deployments, and ever-strengthening partnerships within the area, positions the division to proceed main transformation initiatives to construct warfighting readiness,” he added.
The train concerned live-fire coaching, with emitters simulating enemy artillery and weapon techniques positioned all through the Fort Drum coaching space. The Joint Air Floor Integration Heart (JAGIC), then coordinated assaults on these targets utilizing varied weapon techniques, together with Excessive Mobility Artillery Rocket Techniques (HIMARS), AH-64 Apache helicopters, A-10 Warthogs, and Cell-Low, Gradual, Small-Unmanned Plane Built-in Defeat Techniques (M-LIDS).
Summit Strike ’24 validated the division’s skill to combine surface-to-surface, rotary-wing, and fixed-wing weapon techniques, enhancing its lethality. The train additionally integrated rising navy digital techniques expertise to construct resilient kill webs.
“Right here, in a majority of these workouts, replicating real-world, large-scale fight operations, we’re coordinating, synchronizing, and using results each deadly and non-lethal,” mentioned Maj. Mark Smerka, tenth Mountain Division Artillery operations officer.
House owners of an 80-year-old legacy, born within the battle of Riva Ridge in Italy, the tenth Mountain Division stays on the forefront of contemporary warfare. The division is devoted to adapting to the ever-evolving battlefield, embracing innovation, and staying forward of potential threats, according to the unit’s historical past as they face the way forward for warfighting.
“The long run struggle that we’re in a near-peer surroundings goes to be larger, sooner, require extra property and extra expertise than we’ve been utilizing prior to now,” mentioned Maj. Sean Thomas, tenth Mountain Division JAGIC chief. “We’re embracing loads of that on this train, testing it out and getting snug utilizing it.”
The train concerned greater than 400 service members from Fort Drum, with extra assist from each U.S. and worldwide navy members. By fostering these partnerships throughout the Military and Division of Protection, Summit Strike ’24 offered MDO coaching on Fort Drum and allowed for the event of shared techniques to boost warfighting capabilities.
“We received’t struggle alone in any future operation, whether or not that’s multi-branch or multi-nation,” mentioned Capt. Maddie Crimmins, commander of C Battery, third Battalion, twenty seventh Discipline Artillery Regiment, 18th Discipline Artillery Brigade, positioned at Fort Liberty, N.C. “Right here we’re executing multi-platform in addition to multi-domain.”
Summit Strike ’24 offered an indication of the division’s skill to coordinate and execute an MDO live-fire train. The train highlighted the distinctive coaching alternatives provided by Fort Drum in a low-threat surroundings for Troopers to coach for MDO threats in a contested surroundings.
“Summit Strike is actually the primary of its sort the place you’ve got a division creating an MDO surroundings at residence station to ensure we’re skilled proficiently in order that we are able to win the Military’s future wars,” mentioned Capt. Sean Thorpe, tenth Mountain Division our on-line world and electromagnetic actions officer in cost.
Summit Strike ’24 solidified Fort Drum’s place because the premier coaching and power improvement hub within the Northeast, showcasing its skill to combine rising expertise and techniques into vary operations. The train additionally highlighted the division’s dedication to partnering with trade to boost MDO coaching capabilities at Fort Drum.
“We realized that the tenth Mountain Division is ready to conduct multi-domain operations, particularly right here at residence station,” mentioned Maj. Michael Spickard tenth Mountain Division assistant chief of fires, and lead planner for Summit Strike ’24. “We’re extra ready sooner or later to make this train develop for Summit Strike ’25.”
By PFC Alyssa Norton, twenty seventh Public Affairs Detachment
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