Swift Response 15 [Image 6 of 6]

HOHENFELS, BY, GERMANY

08.28.2015

Photo by Sgt. Alexandra Hulett 

VIPER COMBAT CAMERA USAREUR

A U.S. Soldier of 82nd Airborne Division converses with an Italian soldier during exercise Swift Response 15 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 28, 2015. The purpose of the exercise is to conduct joint and combined training events in order to evaluate brigade and battalion level execution of strategic out-load in conjunction with allied partner nations through an intermediate staging base. 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- including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S.- will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania, Aug. 17- Sept. 13, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alexandra Hulett/Released)

• Date Taken: 08.28.2015
• Date Posted: 09.01.2015 04:05
• Photo ID: 2152699
• VIRIN: 150828-A-RT803-006
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 6.78 MB
• Location: HOHENFELS, BY, DE