U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Meighen, a paratrooper

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Meighen, a paratrooper with 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, packs his equipment after jumping into Bunker Drop Zone at Grafenwoehr, Germany, June 15, 2016, during Exercise Swift Response 16. Exercise Swift Response is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multi-national airborne forces in the world. The exercise is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the U.S. Global Response Force - currently the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team - to conduct rapid-response, joint-forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe. Swift Response 16 includes more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United States and takes place in Poland and Germany, May 27- June 26, 2016.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger)