Pvt. Mike Mackey, a paratrooper with Company D, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, secures his gear and M4 carbine rifle after jumping from an aircraft and dropping into a training area just outside of Rukla, Lithuania, June 9, 2018. Mackey and other Soldiers of the company conducted the jump after a transcontinental flight from Fort Bragg, as part of Swift Response 18, a multinational training exercise designed to maintain readiness and cohesiveness of participating units from several countries.

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