U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct marksmanship and mortars training during Eagle Ace 2025 in Slunj, Croatia, Aug. 4, 2025. Eagle Ace 2025 is a multinational training exercise designed to enhance interoperability and readiness among NATO allies and partners. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the U.S. European, African and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains with allies and partners to build readiness and strengthen the alliance.
(U.S. Army video by Vincenzo Vitiello).
U.S. Soldiers with 809th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, 7th Engineer Brigade out of Grafenwoehr, Germany push up a Zodiac inflatable boat during a physical training session at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 31, 2025. The 809th MRBC is the only permanently assigned Multi-Role Bridge Company within U.S. Army Europe and Africa and provides personnel and equipment to transport, assemble, disassemble, retrieve and maintain all standard and nonstandard U.S. Army bridging systems for wet and dry gap crossings. (U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger)
