More than 1,000 paratroopers from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States conducted an airborne operation as a part of Exercise Swift Response 15 on the Hohenburg Drop Zone in the Hohenfels Training Area, Aug. 26. After the jump, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, U.S. Army Europe Commanding General and distinguished visitors conducted a press conference
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Press Conference includes:
Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, U.S. Army Europe Commanding General
Lt. Gen. John Nicholson, NATO Allied Land Command Commanding General
Maj. Gen. Eberhard Zorn (DEU), Division Schnelle Krafte Commander
Maj. Gen. Richard Felton (GBD), CMDR, Joint Helicopter Command
Maj Gen Alkiviadis Stefanis (GRC), Hellenic Army General Staff
Brigadier General Giovanni Maria Iannucci (ITA), Commander, "Folgore" Parachute Brigade.
Col Iavor Mateev (BGR), Head of the Joint Military Facilities Department at the Bulgarion Defense Ministry
Brigadier General Adam Joks (POL), Commander of the 6th Airborne Brigade
Brig. Gen. Brian Winski, Deputy Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Brigade
Lt. Gen Joe Anderson, U.S. Army G-3/5/7
Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, Army Capabilities Integration Center Director
Maj. Gen. Bob Ashley, Commanding General U.S. Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca
Maj. Gen. Ryan Gonsalves, 4th Infantry Division Commanding General
Brig. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Commanding General 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command
Exercise Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations – including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States – will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania, Aug. 17-Sept. 13, 2015. Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple Allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. To learn more about Swift Response, visit the U.S. Army Europe homepage at www.eur.army.mil/swiftresponse
Date Taken: | 08.26.2015 |
Date Posted: | 08.27.2015 10:15 |
Category: | B-Roll |
Video ID: | 421309 |
VIRIN: | 150826-A-YR517-878 |
Filename: | DOD_102691654 |
Length: | 00:39:26 |
Location: | DE |
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