U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Hudson (right) from Alpha Company,

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Hudson (right) from Alpha Company, Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) reviews map coordinates before a mission during a training exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area (GTA) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 14, 2012. Soldiers stationed at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, train the U.S. Army's 173rd ABCT, Europe's rapid-reaction force, at the GTA in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The exercise is designed to develop combat skills, counter-insurgency tactics and the multinational partnerships between the military forces of the U.S., Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.