An Observer Coach Trainer from the Joint Multinational Readiness Center jumps in with Paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Italy's Folgore Brigade conduct simultaneous heavy equipment and personnel airborne operations onto two separate drop zones on the Hohenfels Training Area April 11, 2016. During the operation, over 30 pieces of heavy equipment and more than 230 paratroopers seized key terrain in preparation for a combined airborne task force of soldiers from Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States to jump into Germany on April 12,


An Observer Coach Trainer from the Joint Multinational Readiness Center jumps in with Paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Italy's Folgore Brigade conduct simultaneous heavy equipment and personnel airborne operations onto two separate drop zones on the Hohenfels Training Area April 11, 2016. During the operation, over 30 pieces of heavy equipment and more than 230 paratroopers seized key terrain in preparation for a combined airborne task force of soldiers from Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States to jump into Germany on April 12, 2016. Saber Junction 16 is the Army Europe’s 173rd Airborne Brigade’s combat training center certification exercise, taking place at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Mar. 31-Apr. 24, 2016. The exercise is designed to evaluate the readiness of the Army’s Europe-based combat brigades to conduct unified land operations and promote interoperability in a joint, multinational environment. Saber Junction 16 includes nearly 5,000 participants from 16 NATO and European partner nations. ( Army Photo by Spc. Sarah K. Anwar)


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