Paratroopers assigned to U.S. Army 1st Squadron, 91st

Paratroopers assigned to U.S. Army 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and Italian Folgore Brigade conduct simultaneous heavy equipment and personnel airborne operations onto two separate drop zones, April 11, 2016, as part of Exercise Saber Junction 16 at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Hohenfels Training Area in Germany. Saber Junction 16 is U.S. Army Europe’s combat training center certification exercise designed to evaluate the readiness of the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s ability to conduct unified land operations and promote interoperability in a joint, multinational environment. The exercise is being held March 31 - April 24, 2016 and includes nearly 5,000 participants from 16 NATO and European partner nations. The 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy, is the Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, and is capable of projecting forces to conduct a full range of military operations across the U.S. European, Central and Africa Command’s areas of responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Matthias Fruth/released)