Saber Strike 2015 drops by Kaunas International Airport
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United States Army 2nd Lt. Maribel Brown, right, an intelligence officer assigned to 1st Battalion Airborne, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, briefs Deputy Commanding General (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), U.S. Army Europe, Maj. Gen. Mark T. McQueen, seated behind projector, and Maj. Gen. Almantas Leika, Lithuanian Land Forces commander, right of McQueen, about a airfield seizure exercise at the Kaunas International Airport in Karmelava, Lithuania, June 9, 2015. The exercise involved German and American Airborne units parachuting to the airfield and then securing the runway against a mock opposing force played by the Lithuanian Land Forces. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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