Troops assigned to Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment prepare to reinforce an airfield seized, the night prior, by allied forces after landing on Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, in support of Exercise Steadfast Javelin II Sept. 6, 2014. Steadfast Javelin is a NATO exercise involving over 2,000 troops from 10 nations and focuses on increasing interoperability and synchronizing complex operations between allied air and ground forces. Exercise Steadfast Javelin II 140906-A-EM105-963

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