U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Combat Engineer Company-Airborne, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, train with Selectable Lightweight Attack Munitions and test them for limitations at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, 09-11 Dec 2025. The SLAM is a portable hand emplaced multipurpose munition that uses an explosively formed penetrator warhead with an effective range up to 25 feet against lightly armored vehicles. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army’s Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to U.S. European, African and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward-stationed across Italy and Germany, the brigade trains...
A U.S. Soldier, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 720th Ordnance Company, 18th Military Police Brigade, sends the final portion of the nine line medical evacuation request during a situational training exercise medical evacuation lane, U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, Jan. 14, 2025. The situational training exercise provides practical scenarios for Soldiers to maintain, develop, and further train skills. (U.S. Army photo by Daryl Averill Jr.)
