Army Staff Sgt. Carroll Strong, a jumpmaster assigned to the Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conducts jumpmaster personnel inspection of Private first class Andrew Nakamura’s equipment, a Paratrooper with the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, before an airborne operation at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility within 18 hours.

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