Trilateral Field Training Exercise

Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Belen Saldana | Date Taken: 02/11/2021
Cope North is an annual U.S. Pacific Air Forces joint and combined, trilateral field training exercise with participants from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Royal Australian Air Force conducted primarily at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Cope North 21 operations are two-fold, combat air forces large force employment, which incorporated Agile Combat Employment (ACE), and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts. Although COVID-19 brought unprecedented obstacles at every turn of the exercise, the three countries remained committed to the exercise, emerging stronger and more united.