INNSWORTH, U.K. -- Two U.S. Officers assigned to Headquarters, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Imjin Barracks, U.K. look at a display of World War II U.S. Paratrooper uniforms at the D-Day Experience museum, April 18. The visit was part of the third day of a week-long staff ride to Normandy for the ARRC's U.S. officers and non-commissioned officers, utilizing a U.S. Army Europe program and focusing on Operation Overlord from a corps-level perspective and how NATO might execute a similar operation today.
“It’s a great program that USAREUR has available for Army units stationed in Europe,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Adam Hallmark, the staff ride’s lead planner, of the USAREUR staff ride program. “Units can either select from a list of packaged European staff rides provided and overseen by a civilian contractor or they can create and tailor their own so long as it comes in under a certain budget cap; we went the latter.”