Army Pfc. Toni Boddie and Staff Sgt. Leonard Sims, infantrymen assigned to 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Minnesota Army National Guard, pull security as Montenegrin army soldiers from the 1st Infantry Unit, Montenegro Armed Forces, cross a bridge, Sept. 12, 2016, during react to contact drills as part of exercise Immediate Response 16 held at the Croatian Armed Forces training area of Slunj, Croatia. Immediate Response 16 is a multinational, brigade-level command post exercise utilizing computer-assisted simulations and field training exercises spanning two countries, Croatia and Slovenia


Army Pfc. Toni Boddie and Staff Sgt. Leonard Sims, infantrymen assigned to 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Minnesota Army National Guard, pull security as Montenegrin army soldiers from the 1st Infantry Unit, Montenegro Armed Forces, cross a bridge, Sept. 12, 2016, during react to contact drills as part of exercise Immediate Response 16 held at the Croatian Armed Forces training area of Slunj, Croatia. Immediate Response 16 is a multinational, brigade-level command post exercise utilizing computer-assisted simulations and field training exercises spanning two countries, Croatia and Slovenia. The exercise occurs Sept. 9-23, 2016, and includes more than 1,900 Soldiers and security forces from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn)


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