Able Company Paratroopers Conduct Machine Gun Range with Cypriot Troops [Image 11 of 11]

LARNACA, CYPRUS

02.17.2023

Photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz 

173rd Airborne Brigade

Cypriot troops conduct weapons proficiency training by engaging targets with a Negev 7.62 at a firing range in Larnaca, Cyprus, Feb. 17, 2023, as part of Exercise Silver Falcon 23.

Silver Falcon 23 is a bilateral exercise between the United States and Cyprus and is designed to enhance interoperability between both nations’ militaries to ensure they are prepared for any contingency, particularly those involving crisis response and non-combatant evacuation operations.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

(U.S. Army photograph by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)

• Date Taken: 02.17.2023
• Date Posted: 02.22.2023 07:48
• Photo ID: 7643248
• VIRIN: 230217-A-TO756-773
• Resolution: 8256x5504
• Size: 19.23 MB
• Location: LARNACA, CY