Carry Your Weapon [Image 1 of 13]

RP, GERMANY

09.18.2019

Photo by Sgt. Henry Villarama  

173rd Airborne Brigade

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade carry their modular weapons airborne case along a flight line before conducting a joint forcible entry from Ramstein Air Base into Hohenfels Training Area, Germany in support of Exercise Saber Junction 19 (SJ19), Sept. 18, 2019. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

SJ19 is an exercise involving nearly 5,400 participants from 16 ally and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, Sept. 3 to Sept. 30, 2019. SJ19 is designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with partnering allies and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Henry Villarama)

• Date Taken: 09.18.2019
• Date Posted: 09.19.2019 08:17
• Photo ID: 5764377
• VIRIN: 190918-A-AR102-203
• Resolution: 3976x2646
• Size: 7.16 MB
• Location: RP, DE