A Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Riley, Kansas, starts up an M109 howitzer prior to training at Hohenfels, Germany Jan. 22, 2018. Roughly 4,100 troops from 10 nations participating in Allied Spirit VIII, a multinational training exercise designed to test participants' readiness and capabilities.

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