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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing surveys an exercise mission zone during Emerald Warrior 21.1, Feb. 22, 2021, at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabriel Macdonald)A special tactics operator assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing surveys an exercise mission zone during Emerald Warrior 21.1, Feb. 22, 2021, at Camp Shelby, Miss. The exercise is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabriel Macdonald)
                
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Emerald Warrior 22 prepares air commandos for strategic competitionPublished April 27, 2022
                    
                    
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            **HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) --**Air Force Special Operations Command is hosting the 15th annual Emerald Warrior exercise at multiple locations across the Southeast U.S., from Hurlburt Field, April 25-May 15. The combined exercise provides realistic and relevant training to prepare special operations forces, conventional forces and international partners for operations in the evolving strategic environment.

Emerald Warrior applies lessons learned from real-world operations to provide trained and ready forces to the joint force, while also focusing on security priorities laid out in the AFSOC Strategic Guidance, and nested and relevant national-level strategy.

It hones the skills of participating units and is an opportunity to test future concepts. In line with AFSOC’s Strategic Guidance, the exercise fuels on-going innovation and experimentation efforts within the command.

Additionally, Emerald Warrior strengthens international cooperation by inviting partner-nations to participate in the exercise. This year’s foreign partners are from the Czech Republic.

Emerald Warrior is not in response to any specific event and is a regularly-scheduled exercise. Exercises like Emerald Warrior are necessary to rehearse U.S., allied and partner abilities to deploy and conduct operations under challenging conditions. These exercises help our forces to prepare for mission requirements.

Residents near training locations may experience increased military activity in their area. All training occurs at designated sites, previously coordinated with local authorities.A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing provides medical care to a simulated casualty as a U.S. Navy MH-60 Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Nine prepares to move casualties to a follow on medical treatment center during a personnel recovery training mission for Emerald Warrior 21.1, Feb. 25, 2021, at the Eglin Range Complex, Florida. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)A U.S. Air Force special tactics operator assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing provides medical care to a simulated casualty as a U.S. Navy MH-60 Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9 prepares to move casualties to a follow on medical treatment center during a personnel recovery training mission for Emerald Warrior 21.1, Feb. 25, 2021, at the Eglin Range Complex, Fla. The exercise is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jason Robertson)
            
            
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    A U.S. Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II assigned to the 15th Special Operations Wing, conducts low-level training during Emerald Warrior-21 near Anniston, Alabama, Feb. 24, 2021. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. Emerald Warrior is a SOCOM-sponsored, AFSOC-executed exercise designed to provide relevant pre-deployment training for SOF, conventional force enablers, partner nations and interagency elements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michelle Di Ciolli)An MC-130H Combat Talon II assigned to the 15th Special Operations Wing conducts low-level training during Emerald Warrior-21 near Anniston, Ala., Feb. 24, 2021. The exercise is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. The SOCOM-sponsored, Air Force Special Operations Command-executed exercise is designed to provide relevant pre-deployment training for special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations and interagency elements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michelle Di Ciolli)
            
            
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    A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator, assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, watches U.S. Navy MH-60 Sea Hawk Helicopters, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, prepare to land on an airfield during Emerald Warrior 21.1, at the Eglin Range Complex, Florida, Feb. 23, 2021. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Edward Coddington)A U.S. Air Force special tactics operator, assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, watches U.S. Navy MH-60 Sea Hawk Helicopters, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, prepare to land on an airfield during Emerald Warrior 21.1, at the Eglin Range Complex, Fla., Feb. 23, 2021. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Edward Coddington)
            
            
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