Army Lt. Col Mike Kloepper, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment commander, applies camouflage before a jump at Aviano Air Base, Italy, during Exercise Saber Junction 17, April 27, 2017. The exercise is designed to assess the readiness of the Army’s Stryker-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment to conduct unified land operations, with a particular emphasis on rehearsing the transition from garrison to combat operations, and exercising operational and tactical decision-making and skills.

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