{"id":1040,"date":"2024-04-12T20:18:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexuslcm.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2024-04-16T11:58:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T09:58:40","slug":"austere-challenge-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nexuslcm.com\/austere-challenge-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Austere Challenge 2024: LOGFAS and MNLOGCOP"},"content":{"rendered":"
From March 4-14, the <\/span>United States European Command (USEUCOM)<\/span><\/a> conducted Exercise Austere Challenge 2024 (AC24) virtually across the European Theater to practice US response to a major fictional crisis. Both military and civilian personnel participated in the exercise which occurred in two phases. In Fall 2023, USEUCOM staff completed the Deliberate Planning phase to increase cohesion and integration across North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Allies in the European Theater including the US, NATO, and other Allies. Then, in this most recent operation, USEUCOM staff completed the execution phase to coordinate US operations in support of NATO\u2019s defense.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to an article by USEUCOM<\/span><\/a>, the purpose of this exercise is to \u201cprepare U.S. and NATO forces to operate across the full range of military operations in joint, trans-regional, multi-domain, multi-functional, integrated and contested environments.\u201d This most recent iteration of the AC series of exercises is part of a larger series of exercises planned and executed since the 1990s focused on \u201ctraining combatant command coordination, command and control and the integration of capabilities and functions across USEUCOM\u2019s headquarters, its component commands, other combatant commands and U.S. government agencies.\u201d <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As part of AC24, the US Army V Corps and\u00a0310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) (ESC) stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky completed some of the virtual exercise.<\/span>\u00a0Several members of Team Joint Enterprise Data Interoperability (JEDI) were onsite during the virtual exercise to assist V Corps and 310<\/span>th<\/span> ESC in the use of NATO Logistics Functional Area Services (LOGFAS)<\/a> and the <\/span>JEDI Multinational Logistics Common Operating Picture (MNLOGCOP)<\/span><\/a>, a capability <\/span>which helps decision makers to understand logistics and operational data by automating the production of a Recognized Logistics Picture (RLP).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nUS Army V Corps and 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)<\/h2>\n