82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16

Photo By Sgt. Maj. Alexander Burnett | Maj. Gen. Richard Clarke, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, fields questions from Slovakian media as Polish paratroopers descend onto a drop zone in Torun, Poland during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multi-national airborne forces in the world. The exercise is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the U.S. Global Response Force to conduct rapid-response, joint forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe. Swift Response 16 includes more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United States and takes place in Poland and Germany, May 27-June 26. (Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Burnett, 82nd Airborne Division PAO)  

TORUN, POLAND

06.07.2016

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Burnett 

82nd Airborne Division

TORUN, Poland - U.S. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division joined Polish and British paratroopers over the skies of Torun, Poland as they conducted an Airborne Joint Forcible Entry during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7.

Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multi-national airborne forces in the world. The exercise is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the U.S. Global Response Force to conduct rapid-response, joint forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe. Swift Response 16 includes more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United States and takes place in Poland and Germany, May 27-June 26.

• Date Taken: 06.07.2016
• Date Posted: 06.07.2016 16:07
• Story ID: 200253
• Location: TORUN, PL