Army Paratroopers assigned to the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepare to board an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing at Aviano Air Base in preparation for airborne operation onto Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, during a congressional staff delegation visit to Aviano Air Base, Italy, Aug. 23, 2018. 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.

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