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Arcane Thunder 26 highlights the U.S. Army’s continued refining multi-domain operations and demonstrates how U.S. forces operate alongside NATO Allies and partners to deter adversaries across Europe. The exercise validates the employment and qualification of Multi-Domain Company Teams (MDCTs), integrating cyber, space, electronic warfare, and conventional capabilities to create synchronized multi-domain effects.

Arcane Thunder 26 is a geographically distributed exercise conducted across the United States, Germany, and Poland that links sensors and shooters across domains to enable rapid decision-making and precision effects. The exercise supports NATO regional defense plans and reinforces the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative (EFDI), demonstrating the Alliance’s ability to deter aggression and defend the Euro-Atlantic region.

Through Arcane Thunder 26, U.S. and Allied forces rehearse the integration of kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities to penetrate and disintegrate adversary anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) systems, enabling freedom of maneuver for the joint force and strengthening NATO’s deterrence posture.

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DOD’s Top Medical Leader Sets Priorities for Military Health System

Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs/Military Health System

March 18, 2025 | 9:28

In his first exclusive interview, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Stephen Ferrara talks about how the Military Health System supports the Department of Defense in achieving its mission by being a “Force Multiplier for the Warfighter.” Dr. Ferrara is a retired U.S. Navy doctor who continued to practice medicine after 25 years on active duty until being appointed into his current role on Jan. 20, 2025. Prior to his present position, he served as the deputy director for clinical operations for the National Capital Region, the Department of Defense’s largest health care network. He also served as an interventional radiologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and a clinical professor of radiology and radiological sciences at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

“We improve and increase the lethality of the warfighter, and we do that through a number of ways. If you look at what our primary mission is—supporting the warfighter in combat—it is very empowering. It is a sacred pact we have with the warfighter that when they go into harm's way, should they become ill or injured, they can have the confidence of knowing they are going to get world-class health care immediately on the battlefield and have the best opportunity to return home healthy,” he said.