Story by Staff Sgt. Corinna Baltos | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 12.08.2016
Since their introduction to the Army back in the 1940’s, one of the key advantages of airborne forces is their ability to jump, land and fight in any situation. No matter where it has been from the shores of Normandy, to the jungles of Panama, American airborne forces have been able to enter and make an immediate impact on the battle field....
Story by Staff Sgt. Corinna Baltos | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 12.04.2016
Multinational military exercise Iron Sword 2016 has ended. The 13-day exercise, which began, Nov. 20, ended with a closing ceremony at General Silvestras Zukauskas Training Area in Pabrade, Lithuania, Dec. 2....
Story by Staff Sgt. Corinna Baltos | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 12.01.2016
PABRADE, Lithuania – For the Soldiers attempting to take a city, a street-to-street battle is a nightmare. Casualty rates are often high. Traditional means of fire support can be hard to employ because it is difficult to call in air strikes on small bands of urban defenders in heavily populated areas, and helicopters are more vulnerable to rocket propelled grenades. So, it is typically up to......
Story by Staff Sgt. Corinna Baltos | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 11.25.2016
For most Americans what makes Thanksgiving special isn’t so much the food; all though it is good; it is sharing the food with their family and friends. In most cases, family comes to your house. Well, for the cooks of Hound Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat (Airborne), their family couldn’t come to their house; so they went to traveled and......
Story by Staff Sgt. Corinna Baltos | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 11.20.2016
Nearly 4,000 Soldiers from 11 NATO countries are in Lithuania to take part in Exercise Iron Sword 2016, which runs from Nov. 20 to Dec. 3....
Story by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 11.13.2014
U.S. Cavalry soldiers joined soldiers from eight other nations to complete the inaugural Iron Sword 2014, a multinational combined arms exercise involving nearly 2,500 military personnel in the Republic of Lithuania from Nov. 2–14....
