Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry
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Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment; the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion; the 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment; and the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion walk to a C-130 Hercules aircraft in preparation for airborne operations alongside their multinational partners and allies, a group from Italy and Turkey, in Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during Saber Junction 19 (SJ19) on Sept. 18, 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.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan Lucas).
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