European leaders, 82nd Airborne Division CG discuss Swift Response 16 at bridge crossing

Photo By Sgt. Maj. Alexander Burnett | Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, left, Maj. Gen. Richard Clarke, center, and President Michał Zalewski, president of Torun, Poland, field questions from local media during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 8. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multi-national airborne forces in the world. The exercise is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the U.S. Global Response Force to conduct rapid-response, joint forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe. Swift Response 16 includes more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United States and takes place in Poland and Germany, May 27-June 26. (Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Burnett, 82nd Airborne Division PAO)  

TORUN, POLAND

06.08.2016

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Burnett 

82nd Airborne Division

TORUN, Poland - Maj. Gen. Richard Clarke, the 82nd Airborne Division commanding general, fielded questions from local media alongside Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the U.S. Army Europe commanding general, and President Michał Zalewski, president of Torun, Poland, during a press conference held on a bridge in Torun, June 8.

Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multi-national airborne forces in the world. The exercise is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the U.S. Global Response Force to conduct rapid-response, joint forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe. Swift Response 16 includes more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United States and takes place in Poland and Germany, May 27-June 26.

• Date Taken: 06.08.2016
• Date Posted: 06.08.2016 08:48
• Story ID: 200329
• Location: TORUN, PL