NOEL KING, HOST:Thanks to COVID-19 vaccines, the U.S. military is normalizing its operations, and that includes a massive joint training exercise now starting across Europe and into North Africa. PRICE: That soldier and the rest of his unit did manage to worm their way out. But the chance to participate in such a major exercise was all the reason many holdouts needed. PRICE: Defender Europe 21, as it's called, is one of the largest joint exercises in Europe in recent decades. Colonel Joe Scrocca is a spokesman for U.S. Army Europe and Africa and said training there really only stopped for about three months last year.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 07, 2021 19:41 UTC