VICENZA, Italy -- Army Paratrooper 1st Lt. Laura Chall, S1 officer-in-charge (OIC) assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, pushes a weighted sled during Soldier Performance Education for Advanced Readiness and Resilience (SPEAR) training. SPEAR aims to improve readiness, deployability, and Soldier athlete performance to ensure the Army's human capital investment is well managed for extended and high performance careers.

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