Nate Whelan, Vice President Europe, Marathon Targets, talks about the T100 autonomous moving vehicle target provided to the 173rd AB during Swift Response 2025, at Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, May 20, 2025.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is testing purpose-built, retrievable FPV drones against autonomous moving targets to improve battlefield readiness and integration with armored units. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the...
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 186th Brigade Support Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont National Guard, fly with a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during sling load operations within the framework of Immediate Response 25 at Petrochori Training Area, Greece, May 30, 2025. Helicopter sling load operations are the key to moving supplies and equipment to remote locations. Demonstrating global deterrence and the U.S. Army’s ability to rapidly deploy U.S.-based combat power in Europe and the Arctic region alongside Allies and partners, DEFENDER 25 brings U.S. troops together with forces from 29 Allied and partner nations to build readiness through large-scale combat training from May 11-June 24, 2025. DEFENDER 25 increases the lethality of the NATO alliance through large-scale tactical training maneuvers and long-range fires, builds unit readiness in a complex joint, multinational environment and leverages host nation capabilities to increase the U.S. Army’s operational reach. During three large-scale combat training exercises—Swift Response, Immediate Response, and Saber Guardian—Ally and partner forces integrate and expand multi-domain operations capability, demonstrating combined command and control structures and readiness to respond to crisis and conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Davide Dalla Massara)
U.S. Army Soldiers from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) competed in the Best Warrior Competition FY 18 from February 05-07, 2019 at the Landstuhl/Germany Training Areas, Ramstein Air Base/Germany Aquatic Center and Baumholder/Germany. (U.S. Army video by Visual Information Specialist Elisabeth Paque)
