A Air Force flight crew assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard taxis on a short take-off and landing strip while conducting Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEOs) during Exercise Saber Junction 2019 (SJ19) in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Sept. 20, 2019. NEOs are conducted by the Department of Defense (DOD) to assist in evacuating citizens and nationals, DOD civilian personnel, and designated persons and third-country nationals whose lives are in danger from locations in a foreign nation to an appropriate safe haven, when directed by the Department of State. SJ19 i


A Air Force flight crew assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard taxis on a short take-off and landing strip while conducting Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEOs) during Exercise Saber Junction 2019 (SJ19) in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Sept. 20, 2019. NEOs are conducted by the Department of Defense (DOD) to assist in evacuating citizens and nationals, DOD civilian personnel, and designated persons and third-country nationals whose lives are in danger from locations in a foreign nation to an appropriate safe haven, when directed by the Department of State. SJ19 is an exercise involving nearly 5,400 participants from 16 ally and partner nations at the Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, Sept. 3 to Sept. 30, 2019. SJ19 is designed to assess the readiness of the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with partnering allies and partner nations. ( Army photo by Sgt. Henry Villarama)


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