Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard take a grou photo at Oranje Kazerne, Royal Netherlands Army installation during Falcon Leap, NATO’s largest technical Airborne exercise Sept. 16, 2021 in the Netherlands.
Hosted by the Dutch 11 Air Assault Brigade, the event highlights interoperability in observance of the 77th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden.
The exercise includes more than 1000 paratroopers from all over the world, 12 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day and training with each other’s equipment for two weeks. This is NATO’s largest technical airborne exercise.
The 143rd Infantry Regiment is an airborne infantry formation in the Army National Guard, associated with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team as part of a special case partnership, aligning active and reserve units with one another for training and deployment.
Date Taken: | 09.16.2021 |
Date Posted: | 09.17.2021 12:23 |
Photo ID: | 6842963 |
VIRIN: | 210916-Z-DH023-713 |
Resolution: | 5593x3056 |
Size: | 7.27 MB |
Location: | NL |
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