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Department-Level Exercise (DLE) Series 

Through this series, the Department of the Air Force is preparing to be a stronger, more lethal deterrent force, to provide an advantage against competitors and adversaries across all domains, and to ensure regional stability in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. 

 

The DLE series will incorporate multiple command exercises into one overall threat deterrence scenario, including Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC), Resolute Space, Mobility Guardian, Emerald Warrior and Bamboo Eagle 25-3.  

It will also integrate multiple allies and partners in specific component exercises with shared interests. Partner integration is critical to U.S. efforts to ensure regional and global peace and stability and provides a decisive advantage against complex threats.  

 

 
642nd Engineer Support Company reinforce protective barrier near El Paso
DoD Southern Border 2025
Video by Sgt. Kimberly Villigran
July 18, 2025 | 1:09
U.S. Soldiers, with the 642nd Engineer Support Company, 41st Engineer Battalion, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, reinforce the protective barrier with concertina wire obstacles near El Paso, Texas, July 18, 2025. Fortifications for the southern border’s barrier both deter and inhibit illegal crossing into the United States. Joint Task Force-Southern Border executes full-scale, agile, and all-domain operations in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to protect the territorial integrity of the United States and achieve 100% operational control of the southern border. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Kimberly Villigran) More

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