EDIT: Update from my BIL retired Navy Commander. He's participated in LSE's but nothing this big. D-Day would the only comparison but he described that as being "one theatre of operations" and said 22 time zones is huge.
Hmm. That one was 17 time zones. These are much larger than anything my BIL was involved in but he has been retired for some time. Has to be at least 15 years maybe more. I'd have to check. He's around 70 now.
Disregard I found it. Here's the actual link:
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3470145/navy-and-marine-corps-announce-large-scale-exercise-2023/
EDIT: Update from my BIL retired Navy Commander. He's participated in LSE's but nothing this big. D-Day would the only comparison but he described that as being "one theatre of operations" and said 22 time zones is huge.
The last one, from 2021 was global as well.
https://youtu.be/GhGebZPF2cQ?t=21
Hmm. That one was 17 time zones. These are much larger than anything my BIL was involved in but he has been retired for some time. Has to be at least 15 years maybe more. I'd have to check. He's around 70 now.
the first time found this term "large scale exercise" being used was 2014.
What do you think that means?