Col. Kenneth Burgess, commander of the 173rd Airborne

Col. Kenneth Burgess, commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, addresses Grigoryan Hayk, an officer of the Armenian military, during a multinational planning meeting in Grafenwoehr Training Area during Saber Junction 2019.
Saber Junction 2019 (SJ19) is an exercise involving nearly 5,400 participants from 16 ally and partner nations at the U.S. Army’s Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, Sept. 3 to Sept. 30, 2019. SJ19 is designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations.