A Army Soldier assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, waits to hit a wiffle ball while on their off-time during exercise Swift Response, part of DEFENDER-Europe 21, at Bezmer Airbase, May 8, 2021. Charlie Company is the medevac company of 1-214th, who were on call for real-world and training-ran medevac requests. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the , NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26


A Army Soldier assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, waits to hit a wiffle ball while on their off-time during exercise Swift Response, part of DEFENDER-Europe 21, at Bezmer Airbase, May 8, 2021. Charlie Company is the medevac company of 1-214th, who were on call for real-world and training-ran medevac requests. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the , NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in over a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region. Follow the latest news and information about DEFENDER-Europe 21, visit


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