Story by Staff Sgt. Armando A. Schwier-Morales | 86th Airlift Wing | 10.25.2015
Artillery – Fire! Machine guns – Fire! JTACS -- Cleared hot! U.S. service members watch as precision-timed artillery and machine guns suppress 'enemy' positions while a Slovenian aircraft mid-dive releases munitions....
Story by Sgt. Brooks Fletcher | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.17.2015
ADAZI MILITARY BASE, Latvia — “Rigger!” For most U.S. military personnel, shouting this word means very little, but for those that are airborne qualified, it is a request for assistance; assistance that evokes a level of assurance and safety that makes jumping from an aircraft at over 1,000 feet less nerve racking....
Story by Sgt. Brooks Fletcher | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.02.2015
Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, headquartered out of Vicenza, Italy, conducted airborne operations in Adazi, Latvia, July 1-2....
Courtesy Story | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 11.30.2012
Over the past 12 months, despite the hazards of three training rotations in Europe, the deployment of half of the battalion to Afghanistan, as well as the continued execution of sustainment operations in support of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion has once again successfully earned the Army Safety Excellence Streamer for superior achievement in......
