A 12th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook helicopter releases an armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle after Army Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, completed hookup procedures during exercise Eagle Sokol at Cerklje Drop Zone in Slovenia, Mar. 23, 2019. Sling load operations test Paratroopers’ ability to move equipment from location to location. Exercise Eagle Sokol is a bilateral training exercise with the Slovenian Armed Forces focused on the rapid deployment and assembly of forces and team cohesion with weapon system


A 12th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook helicopter releases an armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle after Army Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, completed hookup procedures during exercise Eagle Sokol at Cerklje Drop Zone in Slovenia, Mar. 23, 2019. Sling load operations test Paratroopers’ ability to move equipment from location to location. Exercise Eagle Sokol is a bilateral training exercise with the Slovenian Armed Forces focused on the rapid deployment and assembly of forces and team cohesion with weapon systems tactics and procedures. Exercises such as this build a foundation of teamwork and readiness between allied NATO countries. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility. ( Army Photos by Paolo Bovo)


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