Operators with the 3rd Special Forces Group together with the German 31st Airborne Regiment plan a shaping operation during Exercise Swift Response 16 at the Hohenfels Training Area in Germany. The exercise is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multinational airborne forces in the world. The training is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the Global Response Force – currently the 82nd Airborne's 1st Brigade Combat Team – to conduct rapid-response, joint forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe
Operators with the 3rd Special Forces Group together with the German 31st Airborne Regiment plan a shaping operation during Exercise Swift Response 16 at the Hohenfels Training Area in Germany. The exercise is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multinational airborne forces in the world. The training is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the Global Response Force – currently the 82nd Airborne's 1st Brigade Combat Team – to conduct rapid-response, joint forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe. Swift Response 16 includes more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from Belgium, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and the United States and takes place in Poland and Germany, May 27-June26, 2016. ( Army photo by Sgt. Praxedis Pineda)
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