Exercise Series Name: Gotham Shield 17 (formerly known as Eagle Horizon)
Exercise Series Umbrella: FEMA CAPSTONE 2017
Exercise Run Date: April 18 - May 5, 2017
Exercise Location: FEMA Region II (mock detonation = Lincoln Tunnle New York, NY - [link to www.google.ca (secure)]
Exercise Theme: Duel Nuclear terrorism smuggling search & recover, duel nuclear terrorism render-safe, duel nuclear terrorism detonation response
Agencies involved: FEMA, DOD, USNORTHCOM, NORAD, FBI, New York OEM, DNDO, JTF2, Canadian Armed Forces...

Vital Archer is the annual U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) exercise aligned to the counterterrorism response operations, including weapons of mass destruction, outside the contiguous United States

Vibrant Response is U.S. Northern Command’s (USNORTHCOM) annual field training exercise for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive consequence management forces designed to improve their ability to respond to catastrophic incidents

Fuerzas Amigas is the United States and Mexico’s annual cross-border military operations exercise

Ardent Sentry is the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) and USNORTHCOM’s major annual exercise focused on Defense Support of Civil Authorities

Prominent Hunt is the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) National Technical Nuclear Forensics Ground Collection Task Force’s annual exercise centered on assessing the United States’ capability to collect radioactive evidence in the immediate aftermath of a nuclear detonation

Staunch Maple is the Canadian Joint Operations Command’s exercise to practice and improve Canadian Armed Forces’ ability to support other government departments and agencies in order to ensure the security and safety of Canada

sidenote: 1 element of Gotham Shield 2017 falls outside the standard timeline (TTX, 3 day exercise running from May 8-12 2017 (1.5 days short-term recovery, 1.5 days long-term recovery), location not yet determined.