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GRAFENWOEHR, GERMANY

10.31.2021

Photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz 

173rd Airborne Brigade

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment fire a M777A2 Howitzer during a field artillery night live fire exercise. This training is part of Exercise Bayonet Ready 22 at the Joint Multinational Training Center in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany from Oct. 25, 2021.

Exercise Bayonet Ready 22 is a directive of the United States Army Southern European Task Force - Africa being conducted by 7th Army Training Command and the 173rd Airborne Brigade at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany from 17 to 30 Oct. 2021. The exercise is designed to facilitate the brigade commander’s gated training strategy to build lethal units in a kinetic, simulated combat scenario against a thinking opposing force.

The 173d Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, Africa and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)

• Date Taken: 10.31.2021
• Date Posted: 11.09.2021 08:06
• Photo ID: 6926719
• VIRIN: 211031-A-TO756-453
• Resolution: 8041x4021
• Size: 23.22 MB
• Location: GRAFENWOEHR, DE