Although the 2120 exercise schedule has begun President Windscorpion has announced big changes he wants to how NS practice for warfare and operations. The "big 4" exercises like Atomic Fist will be kept but the other eight smaller exercises will be scrapped and replaced by two or three flexible exercises with little notice given to NS as to when they are going to run.
Windy wants NS to be more alert and ready to respond to events. The dates and requirements of the flexible exercises will not be known to anyone except Windy and VP (Ops) Torus. They could even be scheduled at the same time as one of the big 4 exercises.
"Exercises should be pushing NS and it's soldiers, the whole point is to practice for extremes." Windy said after the NS Politburo meeting where he announced his plans. He was asked what would happen if people messed up and made mistakes, "Thats good." he replied, "If procedures, equipment or training is insufficient then it is best we find out in an exercise rather than when we are in an actual war.
Some details of the new exercise schedule are still being worked out so next month's Agile Response 2120 will probably still go ahead as expected.
