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    Free to fight: 173rd Airborne Brigade, Estonian Scouts Battalion conduct Operation Steadfast Javelin II training mission at abandoned Estonian prison [Image 25 of 30]

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    A soldier in full combat gear is positioned at the corner of a white brick building, aiming an assault rifle toward an unseen target. The soldier is wearing ACU (Army Combat Uniform) pattern camouflage, a tactical helmet with the name 'POTTER' visible, ballistic goggles, and a balaclava. The scene appears to be a military training exercise or urban operations scenario near a doorway marked with the number 104.

    Army Pvt. Nathaniel G. Potter, a Bend, Ore., native serving as an infantryman in Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment,173rd Airborne Brigade fires sim (paint) rounds at a Soldier role-playing as an insurgent during a rehearsal for a night raid training mission held Sept. 7 at an abandoned Soviet era prison in Rummu, Estonia. The raid was part of Steadfast Javelin II, a NATO exercise involving more than 2,000 troops from nine nations conducting various training missions across Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The exercise focuses on increasing interoperability and synchronizing complex operations between allied air and ground forces through airborne and air assault missions.

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    Date Taken: 09.07.2014
    Date Posted: 12.30.2014 19:18
    Photo ID: 1711093
    VIRIN: 140907-A-DB402-478
    Resolution: 5139x3248
    Size: 3.34 MB
    Location: RUMMU, EE

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