Spc. Zachary Young from C Company, 1st Battalion, 4th

Spc. Zachary Young from C Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment performs pre-checks on a RQ-11B DDL Raven, an unmanned aerial vehicle during Saber Junction 16. Saber Junction is the U.S. Army Europe's 173rd Airborne Brigade's combat training center certification exercise, taking place at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Mar. 31-Apr. 24, 2016. The exercise is designed to evaluate the readiness of the Army's Europe-based combat brigades to conduct unified land operations and promote interpretability in a joint, multinational environment. Saber Junction 16 includes nearly 5,000 participants from 16 NATO and European partner nations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh)