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.

Australian Defence Force Tank Upload on Army watercraft

8th Theater Sustainment Command

Video by Sgt. Nickson Schenk

July 18, 2025 | 0:54

U.S. Army mariners, assigned to the 5th Transportation Company, and Australian Defence Force service members, assigned to the 3rd Armored Amphibious Brigade, upload four M1A2 SEPv3 onto USAV Paulus Hook (LCU 2033) in support of Talisman Sabre 2025 at the port of Northern Territory, Australia, July 21, 2025. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States, with multinational participation, advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Nickson Schenk) More