Navy installations across the continental United States will participate in the annual Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain exercise today through Feb. 6.
The regularly scheduled training event is conducted by U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Navy Installations Command (CNIC). It is designed to improve defenses against improvised explosive devices, small unmanned aerial systems, and active shooter threats. Exercise scenarios are both realistic and challenging to test the seamless interoperability between Navy commands, other military services, and our essential municipal agency partners.
“Our forces must adapt faster than our adversaries,” Vice Adm. Scott Gray, CNIC commander, said. “By realistically simulating complex threat environments, we ensure our Navy security forces and partners are forged into a unified, all-domain team. This training is critical to protecting our people, our infrastructure, and the fleet’s ability to project power from a secure home front.”
The exercise begins with a field training exercise that focuses on the readiness and response of Navy Security Forces. It is followed by a command post exercise that integrates command-and-control elements to synchronize the fleet’s response to threats against shore-based infrastructure. Participants also will execute the Ashore Navy Security Operations Exercise Program, a structured training system providing commanders with standardized force protection scenarios and evaluation tools to assess watch standards and small units.