Army Staff Sergeant William Painter, communications non-commissioned officer aboard the Army Vessel MG Charles P. Gross, looks across the Adriatic Sea while circling the Navy Ship Bob Hope during the start of Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore operations in preparation for Defender-Europe 21 at the port of Durres, Albania Apr. 26, 2021. Strategic readiness includes the ability of the military to dynamically project force and set the theater by mobilizing and deploying forces, sustaining them in a crisis, and redeploying them when their mission is complete.

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