173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team mission rehearsal exercise [Image 19 of 21]

HOHENFELS, BW, GERMANY

03.14.2012

Photo by Spc. Tristan Bolden 

VIPER COMBAT CAMERA USAREUR

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Dustin Dunbar of Alpha Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team braves the gusts from a Eurocopter AS532 Cougar helicopter during a sling load training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, March 14, 2012. The U.S. Army's 173rd ABCT, Europe's rapid-reaction force, is conducting a mission rehearsal exercise at the JMRC in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The exercise is designed to develop combat skills, counter-insurgency tactics and the multinational partnerships between the military forces of the U.S., Albania, Bosnia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.

• Date Taken: 03.14.2012
• Date Posted: 03.16.2012 05:30
• Photo ID: 543067
• VIRIN: 120314-A-PU716-010
• Resolution: 3929x2611
• Size: 1.6 MB
• Location: HOHENFELS, BW, DE