173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team mission rehearsal exercise [Image 1 of 4]

HOHENFELS, BW, GERMANY

03.18.2012

Photo by Spc. Tristan Bolden 

VIPER COMBAT CAMERA USAREUR

U.S. Army soldiers of Alpha Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team prepare a sling load for a Bulgarian air force AS532 Cougar helicopter during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, March 18, 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: 03.18.2012
• Date Posted: 03.21.2012 08:41
• Photo ID: 545618
• VIRIN: 120318-A-PU716-001
• Resolution: 2380x1585
• Size: 362.74 KB
• Location: HOHENFELS, BW, DE