Over 5,000 Soldiers from eight states gathered at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, for an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities (XCTC) exercise from the beginning of July to August 2024.
Soldiers representing Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oregon, Illinois and South Dakota worked together to create a large-scale, realistic training exercise that exposed Iowa’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division to simulated warfare.
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