Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard, prepare to board a C-130 Hercules, a military transport aircraft, during airborne operation as part of exercise Bright Star 2023, at Borg El Arab Air Base in Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 7, 2023. Bright Star 2023 is a multilateral Central Command exercise held with the Arab Republic of Egypt across air, land and sea domains that promotes and enhances regional security and cooperation, and improves interoperability in irregular warfare against hybri

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Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard, prepare to board a C-130 Hercules, a military transport aircraft, during airborne operation as part of exercise Bright Star 2023, at Borg El Arab Air Base in Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 7, 2023. Bright Star 2023 is a multilateral Central Command exercise held with the Arab Republic of Egypt across air, land and sea domains that promotes and enhances regional security and cooperation, and improves interoperability in irregular warfare against hybrid threat scenarios. ( Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Bethany Anderson)

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