NATO nations demonstrate airborne capability in Swift Response 15 [Image 2 of 4]

HOHENFELS, BY, GERMANY

08.28.2015

Photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez 

1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs

Maj. Benjamin Morales leads his paratroopers on a foot patrol through a town during a Swift Response 15, a training exercise in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 27. 2015. Morales, an 82nd Airborne Division veteran, is currently serving as a company commander with 2nd Parachute Regiment, 16th Assault Brigade in the British Army. Morales is participating in a military personnel exchange program. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations - Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States - will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, and Romania, Aug. 17-Sept. 13, 2015.Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple Allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deployed and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. (U.S Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez/Released)

• Date Taken: 08.28.2015
• Date Posted: 08.30.2015 10:57
• Photo ID: 2150653
• VIRIN: 150828-A-PX354-025
• Resolution: 1740x1149
• Size: 1.12 MB
• Location: HOHENFELS, BY, DE