503rd Infantry Regiment

CAMP ADAZI – Paratroopers assigned to Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, pose for a picture during a Lāčplēsis Day event at the Latvian War Museum in Riga, Latvia, N More

U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Quitugua (left), and Pfc. Daniel Lindell (middle), both infantryman assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, listen to directions given to them More

Airmen assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing stand in the cargo bay of a C-130J Super Hercules at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 12, 2020. Dyess Airmen conducted a commemorative air drop in the Philippines to More

VILNIUS, Lithuania –Paratroopers from Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat (Airborne), march through Vilnius during the Lithuanian Armed Forces Day Parade Nov. 23. More

CAMP ADAZI, Latvia – Sgt. Daniel Peterson, Paratrooper assigned to Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, helps a Latvian child try on a Improved Outer Tactical Vest dur More

U.S. Army Spc. Barrett Deisher, paratrooper, 3rd Platoon, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, clears a stairwell in an abandoned building during a bi-lateral training even More

Capt. Matthew McCarthy (center), commander of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and native of Deerfield, Ill., leads his company at the annual Polish Armed Forces Day par More

(left to right) Polish Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Jaroslaw Mika, commander, 11th Armoured Cavalry Division, shows Gen. Daniel Allyn, United States Army Vice Chief of Staff; Polish Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Leszek Suraw More

Col. Bill Ostlund, then a lieutenant colonel who commanded the 2nd Bn. (Airborne), 503rd Inf. Regt., 173rd ABCT, center, and Maj. Matthew Myer, then a captain who commanded the battalion’s Chosen Co., right, me More

An Afghan national policeman looks off into the distance during a patrol with 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), near the town of Omar in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 11.

Staff Sgt. Dawayne Krepel, a squad leader from New York in 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), searches a motorist on the Pech River Road in Kunar province, Afghanistan More

1st Lt. Kareem F. Hernandez, a New York and New Jersey resident and also 2nd Platoon Leader in Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), talks on the radio while village elders and a Afgh More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Sammy Rodriguez, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment assesses a damaged vehicle to determine how to best recover it to a forward operating base in the Kunar province, Afghanis More

A Paratrooper from 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), walks next to a creek during a patrol to Omar in Kunar province in Afghanistan Jan. 11.

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Loetz, Fusion Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor for rescuing an Afghan truck driver during an ambush in eastern Afghanistan.

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Loetz, Fusion Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor for rescuing an Afghan truck driver during an ambush in eastern Afghanistan. (U. More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 4th Infantry Division and Lithuanian Land Forces Soldiers assigned to Grand Duc More

Lithuanian Land Forces Sgt. Orantas Vertelis, center, shows the general layout of the tactical control point area of operation to Soldiers from Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborn More

A U.S. Army UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter operated by B Company, 43rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, drops paratroopers assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd In More

Before the 12th annual Vilnius Marathon began, volunteers from local schools participated in a Flag of Nations procession toward the Presidential Palace seen in the background, highlighting countries who have r More

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 4th Infantry Division, comes in for a landing after parachuting from a UH-60M More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 4th Infantry Division, secure a landing zone as two UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopte More

U.S. Army Pfc. Garrett Solomon, an infantryman assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) and native of Bellevue, Wash., adjusts sa More

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, listen to Lithuanian Land Forces 1st Lt. Domas Laukaitis, center, a Birstonas native assigned to t More

U.S. Army Spc. Darien Larson, left, a 20-year-old native of Harker Heights, Texas, and infantryman assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team More

Lithuanian Land Forces Soldiers assigned to King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion (KMHB), who are role-playing as notional, oppositional forces to their NATO allies, U.S. Army Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infant More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to B Company, 43rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, operating a UH-60m Black Hawk helicopter, sling load transport a U.S. Army M1101 trailer load More

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, retrieves sandbags from a front-end loader operated by Lithuanian Land Forces Soldiers assigned t More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) and Lithuanian Land Forces Soldiers assigned to 2nd Platoon, 2nd Coy, Gran More

United States Army Soldiers assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, traverse a water obstacle with their gear during a Lithuanian Land Forces Best Squad Competit More

U.S. Army and Lithuanian Land Forces Soldiers prepare to raise National and NATO flags during the opening ceremony of Exercise Engineer Thunder held at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regim More

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Krapels, a 25-year-old team leader for Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, gets promoted to sergeant during a ceremony at Forward O More

U.S. Army Sgt. Adam Villalobos and Spc. Caleb Mellott, both paratroopers assigned to Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat T More

Paratroopers assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), conduct movement to contact training at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Comma More

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and paratroopers assigned to 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) conduct a pre-mission brief More

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) jump into Bunker Drop Zone in Grafenwoehr during a combined-arms live-fire exercise with More

U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), jump into Bunker Drop Zone in Grafenwoehr during a combined-arms live-fire exercise wit More

Paratroopers assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), conduct infantry training near Osoppo, Italy, April 8, 2014, as they prepare for an upc More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Wilson, a paratrooper assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Regiment Combat Team (Airborne), adds markers to a map during an infantry training More

Family members, of U.S. Soldiers killed in action who served with Medal of Honor recipient former U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle White and his unit Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd More

Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Kyle White and Maj. Gen. Megan Tatu, 79th Sustainment Support Command commanding general, attend the 55th Annual Armed Forces Day banquet at the Torrance Marriott May 17. The Torra More

Spc. Anthony Crisci from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, helps a Latvian boy into a T-11 parachute May 17, 2014, at a festival in Adazi, Latvia. The paratroopers displayed U.S. A More

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade prepare to conduct airborne training with Canadian and Polish forces May 19, 2014, at a military training area near Drawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Approximatel More

Polish children test gear used by paratroopers in the U.S. Army during a May 20, 2014 field trip to a military training area near Drawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Bri More

Paratroopers with 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepare to conduct a tactical airborne operation at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, May 20, 2014. Approximately 600 paratroopers fr More

A member of the Michigan Army National Guard's Unmanned Aerial Surveillance Platoon, Company B, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, briefs Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh M More

Pfc. Patrick Palion a paratrooper assigned Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment and a native of Detroit, (Left) poses with Staff Sgt. Donald Harris (middle) Pvt. Adam Brooks (Right) and a group of More

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Durant, of San Angelo, Texas, a paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, marches alongside service members from the U.S. Air Force, Polish Army and Polish special operations for More

Juris Burze, a professional Latvian tour guide, takes U.S. Army paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, on a tour through Old Riga, Latvia, May 22, 2014. The paratroope More

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, from Tennessee, arrives at Paldiski Barracks, Estonia, May 24, 2014, to visit U.S. Army paratroopers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. During More

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct an allied training exercise alongside Latvian soldiers from Latvia’s Land Forces Infantry Brigade May 25, 2014, at Adazu Training Area, Latv More

Maj. Gen. Gregory J. Vadnais, the Adjutant General of Michigan, speaks with paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Latvia’s 1st Infantry Battalion, Land Forces Inf More

Paratroopers with the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, and the United Kingdom’s British Burma Company, 1st Battalion, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, attend a memorial service May 25, 2014, at Paldiski Barrac More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Johnson, a platoon leader assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, introduces himself to students at Adazu Secondary School in Adazi, Latvia, May 26, 20 More

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and Poland's 6th Airborne Brigade conduct a ballistic breach during a breaching course May 27, 2014, near Dr More

Paratroopers from Lithuania, Estonia, the U.S. and Latvia, participate in a Baltic forces regional training event at Military Base Adazi, Latvia, May 27-28, 2014. The annual training event was a NATO fixed- and More

U.S. Army Spc. Dylon Hickey, of Summerville, S.C., a paratrooper assigned to Chosen Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, adjusts sights on a Polish rocket-propelled grenade l More

A U.S. Army forward observer (bottom) with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controller with the 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron participate in a close-air support training More

U.S. Army Capt. Chris Hall (right), an Army surgeon with 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, poses with his brother, Army National Guard Lt. Col. John Hall, the commander of the 126t More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeff Fletcher, a paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, learns to operate and RPG-7 rocket propelled grenade launcher, alongside instructors from Poland’s 6th Airborne Brigade More

Paratroopers from Latvia (left), Estonia (center) and the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade (right) stand in formation during the Aluksne, Latvia independence parade May 29, 2014. Paratroopers from the 173rd A More

Juris Calitis, a Harvard Divinity School graduate and founder of the Zvanninieki Alternative Family Home, talks with U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Cox of the 500th Engineer Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, a More

U.S. Army paratroopers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade march through Camp Adazu, Latvia while participating in a monthly Land Forces Infantry Brigade awards ceremo More

U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Mendez (left), a paratrooper with 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, strains to pin fellow paratrooper Spc. Anthony Crisci during an allied-force arm-wrestling More

U.S. Army Spc. Caleb Bolden of Lafayette, Ind., a paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, lets a Kaunus "VDU Rasos" Gymnasium student try on his equipment during More

A Lithuanian basic training soldier stands ready to receive instruction from their drill sergeant during a training demonstration near Rukla, Lithuania, June 3, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Bratic)

First Lt. Bryce Starratt, company fire support officer with Company A, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, calls in an 81mm mortar strike as part of a combined joint live-fire exerci More

Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, follow a Lithuanian paratrooper through a dense forest during part of the Lithuanian Iron Wolf Mechanized Infantry Brigad More

Mortarmen and forward observers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct live fire training with Latvian forward observers and 81mm mortar teams from Mortar Platoon, 1st Infa More

Pfc. J. William Roundtree, of Lancaster, Ohio, a paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, takes up a security position during training on Jonava Airfield in Rukla, More

Paratroopers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team line up to begin training with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during the practice portion of grenade training, June 4, 2014, near Drawkso-Po More

Maj. Anthony Costello, officer in charge of 173rd Airborne Brigade paratroopers in Lithuania, stands beside other distinguished guests June 5, 2014 during an award ceremony for the Lithuanian Iron Wolf Mechaniz More

Sgt. Andris Lubejs, with the Latvian Army’s Recon Company, trains paratroopers with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in the martial art and self-defense syste More

Spc. Eric Bandy and Staff Sgt. Kimberly Bratic stand at attention to receive recognition from the 173rd Airborne Brigade paratroopers for their work in providing public affairs coverage of the joint training be More

U.S. Army Pvt. Daeyvon Jones, a paratrooper assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, provides security during training at the Tapa training area in Estonia on June More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jesse Miller, a platoon sergeant with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, steadies a door frame during construction of a mock village near Tapa, E More

U.S. Army Sgt. John Sheets, a team leader assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, gives instructions to his paratroopers during a live-fire training exercise near More

Private 1st Class Piotr Karolewski, of Poland’s 6th Airborne Brigade, holds a Polish Modular Firearm System, a sniper rifle currently under development as a future service rifle of the Polish Army. The weapon w More

The leaders of Allied Forces gathered in Lithuania for a multinational joint training exercise attend a briefing prior to the opening ceremony of Saber Strike in Lithuania 2014. PHOTO: Sgt. Jason Lay, 145th Mob More

U.S. Army Sgt. Lenoard Walker, a paratrooper assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, instructs Estonian soldiers on the use of 60 mm mortars during a co More

American paratroopers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Canadian paratroopers from 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, stand in jump ord More

Pfc. Ignas Andziukevicius (left), a joint terminal attack controller with the Lithuanian Land Forces, teaches Cpl. Lee Scott (right), a forward observer assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, procedures used b More

U.S. Army Pfc. Tanner Thompson, a paratrooper assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Estonian Defense Force Sgt. Sten Väinaste, a member of Mortar Platoon, Sc More

Paratroopers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, participate in an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon qualification range June 12 at Drawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. The “Sky Sold More

U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assault target buildings as part of a platoon live-fire exercise near Tapa, Estonia, June 12. Appro More

Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade welcome Soldiers from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade June 13 after landing their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in Rukla, Lithuan More

U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, gather around a birthday cake made by Estonian bakers before a ceremony celebrating the U.S. Army's More

American paratroopers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Canadian paratroopers from 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, play volleyball a More

U.S. Army paratroopers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, provide cover fire during a training exercise in Tapa, Estonia, June 14. Approximately 600 paratroopers fro More

Paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade meet Sgt. Maj. Arunas Birbalas (center right), sergeant major of the Lithuanian armed forces June 15 at Rukla, Lithuania. Birbalas thanked the Soldiers for their har More

U.S. paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, made their final airborne jump in Lithuania on June 17 before returning to their home station. Joining the U.S. paratro More

Spc. Kevin Crosby, a fire team leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepares a Claymore mine during a live-fire ambush range June 17 at Drawsko-Pomorskie, Polan More

Paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, participate in the Saber Strike 2014 closing ceremony, June 18, in Rukla, Lithuania. Saber Strike is a long-standing, multi More

Pfc. Jerome Cuthbert (right), a mortar gunner assigned to Company B., 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, trains a Lithuanian Soldier to fire the U.S. Army’s 60mm mortar system at Pa More

Staff Sgt. Ronrico Calhoun and Sgt. First Class Stuart Sword, members of Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, descend during a water entry training exercise June 24, at a P More

Paratroopers from Troop A, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Rukla, Lithuania, June 24 to train with Lithuanian Land Forces for NATO training exercises. They replaced paratr More

The 173rd Airborne Brigade paratroopers stand with their Latvian counterparts during a ceremony at Adazi, Latvia, marking the rotation of forces within the brigade June 25. The 173rd has maintained a rotational More

Spc. Raymond Atkins, of Washington, D.C., sits at his work station in Drawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Atkins’ unit, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, has been in Poland since April 23 t More

Leaders from Troop A, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, visit the U.S. Embassy June 26 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Paratroopers assigned to 1st Squadron recently arrived in Lithuania to tr More

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules drops a High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicle (HMMWV) on Piaskowy Airfield, Poland, June 26. The HMMWV, belonging to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborn More