Exercise Name:  Vigilant Pacific 2007 (VP 07)
Exercise Dates:  3-28 Oct 2007
Exercise Location:  Camp Smith, Hawaii

VIGILANT PACIFIC (VP) is an annual Australian Defence Force Joint Operations Command (JOC) / USPACOM Joint intelligence Operations Center (JIOC) co-sponsored joint and combined multinational command post/field training exercise (CPX/FTX) conducted alternately in either Australia or Hawaii.  Exercise VIGILANT PACIFIC is designed to improve J2X joint and multinational interoperability and capability to effectively plan and execute Joint Task Force (JTF) multinational operations.  The exercise scenario focuses on current and emerging threats relating regional security issues encountered in Counterinsurgency (COIN), Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and Stability and Security Operations (SASO).  The exercise goals are to improve participating nation's military-to-military relationships, advance USPACOM Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) objectives and refine Multi-National Force (MNF) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).  Participating nations for VP 08 include; Australia; United States; United Kingdom; and Canada.