Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade pull security during the North Africa Response Force Mission Readiness Exercise at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, April 22, 2021. Even under rigorous COVID-19 mitigation measures, the exercise tested the no-notice deployment capability of Africa Command’s North and West Africa Response Force, made up of elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Army Southern European Task Force , Africa from Vicenza, Italy, and Marine Corps and Air Force aviation elements from Spain and Germany respectively.

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