Immediate Response 25: Charlie Company 3/172 Infantry, Mountain and 3rd Infantry Regiment Kosovo conduct Indirect and Direct Fire Exercise. [Image 5 of 7]

KRIVOLAK, NORTH MACEDONIA

05.29.2025

Photo by Sgt. Patrick Mayabb 

U.S. Army Europe and Africa     

From left, Kosovo service member Cpl. Arian Ismaili, Pvt. Nazife Asllani and Sgt. Arben Vidishiqi, all assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regiment, Kosovo Security Forces, conduct overwatch security operations while on patrol at the Krivolak Training Area, North Macedonia, May 29, 2025. Large-scale exercises and deployment rehearsals in Europe converge U.S. and NATO systems, capabilities, and tactics supporting U.S. strategic initiatives and NATO regional plans to dominate multi-domain environments in a crisis. Demonstrating global deterrence and the U.S. Army’s ability to rapidly deploy U.S.-based combat power in Europe and the Arctic region alongside Allies and partners, DEFENDER 25 brings U.S. troops together with forces from 29 Allied and partner nations to build readiness through large-scale combat training from May 11-June 24, 2025. DEFENDER 25 increases the lethality of the NATO alliance through large-scale tactical training maneuvers and long-range fires, builds unit readiness in a complex joint, multinational environment and leverages host nation capabilities to increase the U.S. Army’s operational reach. During three large-scale combat training exercises—Swift Response, Immediate Response, and Saber Guardian—Ally and partner forces integrate and expand multi-domain operations capability, demonstrating combined command and control structures and readiness to respond to crisis and conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Patrick Mayabb)

• Date Taken: 05.29.2025
• Date Posted: 05.31.2025 08:56
• Photo ID: 9075060
• VIRIN: 250529-Z-PJ003-1095
• Resolution: 6307x4205
• Size: 3.79 MB
• Location: KRIVOLAK, MK