Army Paratrooper Staff Sgt. Chad Perez, from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conducts Wet Silk training with Italian Army Folgore Brigade paratroopers. In this part of the training the Italian Paratroopers swim underwater in the Italian Army Folgore Brigade swimming pool at Lustrissimi Italian Training area, Livorno, Italy, May 9, 2017. This exercise is part of deliberate water airborne operation familiarization training before the jump at Lake Garda, Italy (

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