NATO Exercise Reforger Operation Certain Sentinel Tall 1L Stein Beer Mug German

Description

NATO Exercise Reforger Operation Certain Sentinel Tall 1L Stein Beer Mug German.
CONDITION:  Colors and lettering are excellent.  There are no chips or cracks.  The finish is glossy.
This is a very large and heavy mug - even without the beer!
Exercise Campaign Reforger (from return of forces to Germany) was an annual exercise and campaign conducted during the Cold War, by NATO. The exercise was intended to ensure that NATO had the ability to quickly deploy forces to West Germany in the event of a conflict with the Warsaw Pact.
The Reforger exercise itself was first conceived in 1967. During the ongoing Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson announced plans to withdraw approximately two divisions from Europe in 1968. As a demonstration of its continuing commitment to the defense of NATO and to illustrate its capability of rapid reinforcement, a large scale force deployment was planned that would deploy a division or more to West Germany in a regular annual exercise. The first such exercise was conducted beginning on 6 January 1969. These exercises continued annually past the end of the Cold War, except for the year 1989, until 1993.
Reforger 86 Certain Sentinel took place from January 15 to 24, 1986 in the Schweinfurt, Hof , Dinkelsbühl , Regensburg, Cham , Kulmbach, Weiden, Schwandorf, Ansbach, Kitzingen and Bad Windsheim area . The area of ​​deployment for the 1st US Armored Division was the district of Nuremberg . 73,000 soldiers (US Army: 48,000, Bundeswehr: 4,800, Canadian Armed Forces: 4,100) and 21,000 wheeled and tracked vehicles were involved in the large-scale exercise under the direction of the VII. US Corps.