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LETZLINGEN, Germany – U.S. and German Army Soldiers participated in a joint Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise April 16-28, 2015, at Altmark Training Area near Litzengen, Germany to strengthen interoperability and highlight U.S. Army Europe’s rapid deployment capabilities.
“Aztec” Soldiers, from Company A, 3rd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, executed Operation Letzlingen Freedom Shock testing the unit’s ability to rapidly deploy its Soldiers and equipment from Grafenwoehr, Germany.
American forces have not trained here for at least 25-30 years explained Capt. Eric Flynn, commander, Company A, 3-69 Armor Regiment.
“A lot of the German trainers don’t remember the last time American forces have trained up here,” Flynn said. “The significance of it is to prove how a U.S. force can rapidly deploy and automatically be interoperable with a NATO ally in a matter of hours.”
The 4th Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Michael J. Tarsa, was on hand to view a portion of the training Tuesday, April 28, and speak to several of the U.S. and German soldiers.
“I’m very impressed with the pace and momentum that Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges and others have created with Atlantic Resolve,” said Tarsa. “This has been a great opportunity for that company commander to work interoperability pieces at a tactical level. And of course, that’s what we’re all about as part of Atlantic Resolve.”
German Army Staff Sgt. Sebastian Gabel, an opposition forces dismounted squad leader, said it’s amazing to see the differences in German and American ways of fighting first hand.
“American fighting is very fast,” Gabel said.
Staff Sgt. Isaak Austen Moser, Company A, 3-69 AR, led his squad through several attack scenarios during the combined, bilateral exercise.
“The training was amazing,” Moser said. “The scenarios they have us going through are very intense but they’re actually pretty fun.”
He further explained there are only so many ways to execute an attack mission.
“Movements between the two country’s forces are similar in that they both attack with force,” he said. “We work very well together.”
| Date Taken: | 04.28.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.30.2015 10:47 |
| Story ID: | 161768 |
| Location: | LETZLINGEN, DE |
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