173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team mission rehearsal exercise [Image 2 of 13]

HOHENFELS, BY, GERMANY

03.15.2012

Photo by Spc. Michael Sharp 

VIPER COMBAT CAMERA USAREUR

U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Dobbs, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, observes for enemy ground activity from a Bulgarian Air Force AS532 Cougar helicopter during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, March 16, 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, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia.

• Date Taken: 03.15.2012
• Date Posted: 03.18.2012 06:52
• Photo ID: 543994
• VIRIN: 120315-A-ZD093-003
• Resolution: 3216x2136
• Size: 2.93 MB
• Location: HOHENFELS, BY, DE