CORE 24
Lousiana (USA) – The Southern Commander of the US Army, Major General Phil Ryan, and the Commander of Land Operations, Army General André Luis Novaes Miranda, visited the Brazilian Army and US Army soldiers who are taking part in Operation CORE 24.
The exercise is the result of a cooperation program signed between Brazil and the United States, which stipulates annual bilateral exercises until 2028. The first edition took place in Brazil in 2021, the second in 2022 in the US city of Louisiana. In 2023, the third edition took place in the northern region of Brazil.
Start of Operation CORE 24
The Brazilian soldiers who make up the CORE Subunit underwent a week of adaptation and additional instruction with the US Army. After arriving in the United States, the RSOI phase began (Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration), which is an American Army acronym that refers to the operational activities planned for troops when they enter a Theater of Operations and can be translated as Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration. in the context of Operation CORE 24.
Airmobile assault
On the evening of August 15, Brazilian troops embarked tactically for the start of the operational phase of Exercise CORE 24. AH-64 (Apache), UH-60 (Black Hawk) and CH-47 (Chinook) aircraft from the US Army were used to infiltrate the CORE troops to the location controlled by the troops opposing the exercise.
