 Defender Europe 20 is the largest deployment of military personnel and equipment from the U.S. to Europe for an exercise in more than 25 years. This multinational exercise will build strategic readiness and demonstrate our ability to rapidly deploy a large combat credible force to respond to any crisis. Once on the continent, U.S. forces will spread out across Europe to participate in various linked exercises. Defender Europe 20 is a whole of Europe exercise that will require the support of our allies and partners across the theater and help build our collective readiness and increase interoperability. Defender Europe 20 shows that NATO allies and partners stand stronger together and that the U.S. commitment to NATO is ironclad. Defender Europe 20 will conclude when all U.S.-based forces and equipment have successfully redeployed back to the United States.