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.

B-Roll: SETAF-AF supports Italian Alpini WWI commemoration at Monte Pasubio

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

Video by Maj. Joe Legros

Sept. 6, 2025 | 1:54

The Fanfara Storica della Sezione di Vicenza (Italian Alpini Band, Vicenza Section) leads a procession of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), members of the Esercito Italiano, including the Carabinieri and Alpini, and regional community leaders to commemorate one of the bloodiest battles of WWI at the Ossuary of Monte Pasubio, Italy, Sept. 9, 2025. Inaugurated August 29, 1926, the Monte Pasubio War Memorial honors approximately 5,000 Italian soldiers, as well as 60 unknown Austro-Hungarian soldiers who lost their lives in the battle on this historic mountain. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros) More