{"id":45349,"date":"2022-10-28T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T13:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/28\/major-hawaii-based-army-exercise-tests-brigade-in-island-hopping-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:18:02","slug":"major-hawaii-based-army-exercise-tests-brigade-in-island-hopping-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2022\/10\/28\/major-hawaii-based-army-exercise-tests-brigade-in-island-hopping-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Hawaii-based Army exercise tests brigade in island-hopping fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Correction: This article was updated at 1:40 p.m. Oct. 28, 2022, to note that this is not the first brigade rotation at JPMRC in Hawaii.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 6,000 soldiers are headed into the \u201cbox\u201d this weekend as part of a combat training center rotation across the Hawaiian islands designed to replicate a fight with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main force, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, will take on a geared-up opposition force from the 196th Infantry Brigade starting this weekend. They will run drills until Nov. 9, Army officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work they\u2019re doing will be simulated to project a regional conflict <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/10\/13\/army-advisor-brigade-ramps-up-pacific-partners-military-effectiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\">far beyond the training rounds<\/a> flying in the box. That\u2019s part of the Army\u2019s exportable combat training center program labeled the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center, the first new combat training center in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/03\/09\/ctc-on-ice-army-holds-first-arctic-brigade-level-training-rotation\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7083822.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">CTC on ice: Army holds first Arctic brigade-level training rotation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">As big Army weighs Arctic force structure changes, 14 inches of snow will greet the Arctic Wolves of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JPMRC saw another major exercise earlier this year with an arctic rotation in March that used Alaska-based units and other units to run large-scale combat operations training in a cold weather environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. Charles Flynn, commander of U.S. Army Pacific, and Brig. Gen. Jeffrey VanAntwerp, deputy commander of operations for the 25th Infantry Division, told reporters on a conference call Thursday that the exercise allows forces to build readiness in theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That, Flynn said, gives units more training time in a realistic environment and makes it easier for nations in the region to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6424\" height=\"4283\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475694.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475694.jpg.jpg 6424w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475694.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475694.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475694.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475694.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475694.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6424px) 100vw, 6424px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brig. Gen. Jeffrey VanAntwerp speaks during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center rotation 23-01 opening ceremony on Area X-Ray at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 20, 2022. (Pfc. Mariah Aguilar\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo, the Joint Readiness Training Center in (Fort Polk) Louisiana does not look like Southeast Asia,\u201d Flynn said. \u201cBut these eight Hawaiian Islands certainly do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers will be joined by Air Force and Navy assets, the Marine Corps\u2019 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment and partner forces in the form of three infantry companies, one each from the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan is to conduct one JPMRC training event each year in Hawaii, Alaska and at another location in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army built the exportable combat training center package through contributions from the existing combat training centers and work at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peostri.army.mil\/peo-stri-overview\" target=\"_blank\">Program Executive Office-Simulation, Training and Instrumentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The package allows for training cadre to tie in live, virtual and constructed simulations. That combination can help replicate theater-level operations and planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A commander on the ground in the Hawaiian jungle can communicate with partner forces on other islands or across the Pacific. Officers in the command centers can then react to developments outside the training zone, much like they would in actual large-scale combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opposition forces have free range to go off script and challenge, thwart, harass and basically mess up 2nd BCT\u2019s game plan for conducting combat and seizing objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6121\" height=\"4081\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475691.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475691.jpg.jpg 6121w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475691.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475691.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475691.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475691.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7475691.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6121px) 100vw, 6121px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers from the Indonesian Army participate in the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center rotation 23-01 opening ceremony on Area X-Ray at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 20, 2022.  (Pfc. Mariah Aguilar\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 196th Infantry Brigade is a U.S. Army unit using two battalions in this exercise. But they\u2019ll be running and gunning as if they were a Chinese unit \u2014 using small drones, jamming and other means to get inside the heads of their opponents, VanAntwerp said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blue force commanders will also experiment with commercial communications platforms during the training event, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy distributing this brigade over multiple islands, we intend to really put some stress on their sustainment and their command and control,\u201d VanAntwerp added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flynn added that Army units will also experiment with watercraft in ways they couldn\u2019t do at training centers back in the continental United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four-star noted how logistically challenging it can be for Pacific-based units to return to the continental United States for mandatory training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou know, it really doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d Flynn said. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason we have a training center in Europe, and we don\u2019t bring tactical forces back from Europe to the continental United States to train. We just never created a combat training center out here in the Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same logic applies to U.S. soldiers based in Arctic environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no reason to bring forces out of the Arctic Circle and Alaska to Louisiana in the winter,\u201d he said. \u201cThey need to stay up there in the winter and train in the winter so we can learn how to live and operate, so we can fight in those conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army developed the exportable combat training center last year, but it\u2019s not the first time that the Pacific has had elements of a combat training center in its backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flynn said when he commanded the 25th ID in 2014 the then-USARPAC commander, Gen. 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