German Military Police is conducting exercises

850 soldiers from Military Police Regiment 3 (Feldjägerregiment 3) in Munich will participate in the open-range full-scale exercise ORANGE ROAD 2026 from April 20 to 30. The exercise area is bounded by the locations of Bruchsal, Speyer, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, and Kehl in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. During this large-scale exercise, increased traffic of Bundeswehr vehicles and military personnel is expected within this area. Police forces, as well as civilian authorities and aid organizations, will also be involved in the exercise.

The Military Police (Feldjäger) are the Bundeswehr’s military police force. Through their support services, they contribute to enhancing the operational readiness of the armed forces. ORANGE ROAD 2026 will thus practice cooperation between the Military Police and units of the other branches of the Bundeswehr and organizational areas, as well as civilian security organizations, in a scenario of national and alliance defense.

Key focus areas of the exercise include the establishment and operation of a traffic control network in the division’s rear area, participation in a river crossing operation on the Rhine in coordination with engineer units, the protection of critical infrastructure in the vicinity of a fuel depot, and the deployment of drones.

“The overarching goal of ORANGE ROAD 2026 is to consistently align the regiment’s training and command testing with NATO’s requirements for the Military Police Task Force of Division 25,” says the commander of Military Police Regiment 3, Colonel Marco Langhorst, and continues: “We aim to provide military police forces that are permanently ready for deployment, resilient, and capable of operating autonomously in an extended area of operations.”

For questions from the public, the Bundeswehr’s citizen hotline is available daily from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at local rates:

030/1824-24242

Further information and background on ORANGE ROAD 2026 at: Orange Road 2026: Military police train for emergencies