JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The U.S. Military’s Lengthy-Vary Hypersonic Weapon Battery, a part of the first Multi-Area Process Power, made historical past by taking part in Train Resolute Hunter 24-2, a joint, mixed train on the bottom from June 25-27, 2024. This train marked a major milestone, because it was the primary time the Military’s hypersonic functionality was built-in into the bi-annual joint coaching train.
Hosted by the Naval Aviation Warfighting Growth Middle at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Resolute Hunter 24-2 is the Division of Protection’s solely devoted battle administration, command and management, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance train. This yr’s occasion introduced collectively three taking part nations and 4 joint companies for a three-week coaching train.
Constructing on this achievement, Col. Charles Kean, commander of the first MDTF, emphasised the significance of this train, stating, “these eventualities present invaluable units and repetitions that construct upon and reinforce the steadfast integration of MDTF capabilities within the broader partnered joint all-domain assemble.”
The train demonstrated the battery’s capability to combine with increased joint echelons and maintain operations over an prolonged interval. Bravo Battery, fifth Battalion, third Discipline Artillery (Lengthy Vary Fires Battalion), 1MDTF, efficiently employed its power package deal for over 72 hours, showcasing the long-range hypersonic weapon digital kill chain in collaboration with joint companions and offering real-time situational consciousness to the joint command submit.
Capt. Jennifer Lee, commander of Bravo Battery, highlighted the importance of the train, stating, “Train Resolute Hunter 24-2 demonstrated the crucial position of landpower and the Military’s indispensable contribution to joint operations. I’m pleased with our crew’s dedication to excellence and their capability to adapt and innovate in a fancy and dynamic coaching state of affairs.”
The Military’s long-range hypersonic weapon growth has been a long-term effort, with Troopers contributing to the prototyping course of since 2019. After receiving the preliminary {hardware} supply in March 2021, the unit initiated new gear coaching in September 2021, which consisted of 4 three-week iterations. The fielding course of was accomplished by the tip of fiscal yr 2023, enabling Troopers to coach on the gear, create doctrine, and develop new ways, strategies and procedures.
In February 2023, the unit deployed the potential greater than 3,000 miles away to Cape Canaveral, Florida, within the system’s longest recorded overland motion thus far, as a part of Train Thunderbolt Strike, demonstrating the Military’s capability to quickly deploy the hypersonic functionality.
Since then, the unit has participated in a number of different named and joint workout routines, with Resolute Hunter being the most recent.
As a theater-level unit and joint power enabler, assigned to the Indo-Pacific, the 1MDTF performs an important position in synchronizing long-range precision fires layered with long-range precision results to create a number of dilemmas and neutralize adversary anti-access and space denial networks. The 1MDTF’s confirmed innovation, agility and lethality have led the Military to direct 5 full MDTFs in strategically important areas worldwide.
By CPT Ryan DeBooy
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