The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army garrisoned at the Fort Irwin National Training Center in California. The regiment has served in the Philippine–American War, the P
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Engineers supported by a M551 Sheridan Tank from the Blackhorse Regiment clear mines in Cambodia.
A Troop veterans are honored for their heroism in Vietnam, October 2009.
11th ACR trooper on duty in the Fulda Gap “OP ALPHA” during the Cold War.
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An opposing force is a military unit tasked with representing an enemy, usually for training purposes in war game scenarios. The related concept of aggressor squadron is used by some air forces.
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
…served in the Philippine–American War, the Pancho Villa Expedition, World War II, the Vietnam War, Gulf War and Iraq War. The 11th ACR serves as the opposing force (OPFOR) for the Army and Marine task forces, and foreign military forces that train at Fort Irwin. The OPFOR trained U.S. Army forces in mechanized…
U.S. OPFOR soldiers playing the role of Iraqi insurgents in Fort Polk, Louisiana.
A UH-1H replicating a Mi-24 at Fort Irwin in 1985
Dutch soldiers of 11 Pantserinfanteriebataljon Garderegiment Grenadiers wearing mohawk-style additions on their helmets to denote opposing force status.
New Zealand Defence Force soldier denoting opposing force status by wearing Desert Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) in a temperate environment.