Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps, arrives at Baumholder to observe Exercise Swift Response 15. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations – including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States – will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania, Aug. 17-Sept. 13, 2015. Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. To learn more about Swift Response, visit the U.S. Army Europe homepage at www.eur.army.mil. (U.S. Army Photos by Erich Backes, TSC Baumholder/released)
Date Taken: | 08.25.2015 |
Date Posted: | 08.26.2015 11:10 |
Photo ID: | 2143491 |
VIRIN: | 150825-A-MZ938-019 |
Resolution: | 7360x4912 |
Size: | 21.24 MB |
Location: | BAUMHOLDER, RHEINLAND-PFALZ, DE |
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