Overview
- Teams from 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), which trained February 15–23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, trekked roughly 150 kilometers to strike a mock high‑value target with a drone carrying live munitions.
- Operators moved only at night, carried mission‑specific gear without weapons, and worked to avoid detection by drones, ground forces, and even nearby civilians in harsh winter conditions.
- The drill used unmanned aerial systems for two roles, delivering munitions for the strike and flying supplies to teams in the field to sustain the long infiltration.
- SOCEUR brought in the Theater Edge Innovation Lab and drone designers to prep and refine platforms, turning the exercise into a feedback loop to improve unmanned systems and low‑signature tactics.
- Organizers confirmed plans to expand future Deep Strike iterations to include NATO special operations forces to boost allied integration and readiness.