Members of the US 173rd Airborne Brigade, Ukrainian 13th Airborne Battalion, and Polish 25th Air Cavalry Brigade conduct airborne operations during rapid Trident 2021. Rapid Trident 2021 involves approximately 6,200 personnel from 12 nations, Sept. 20- Oct. 1, 2021, at the International Peacekeeping Security Centre near Yavoriv, Ukraine. Rapid Trident is an annual, multinational exercise that supports joint combined interoperability among the partner militaries of Ukraine and the United States, as well as Partnership for Peace nations and NATO allies
The commander of 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company Crazy Horse, 1-161st Infantry (Combined Arms Battalion), 81st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Lt. Joel Berkowitz, never would have imagined himself leading a convoy through downtown Baghdad with $6 million worth of industrial generators under his responsibility and the success of the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command's mission at Camp Taji, Iraq, depending on his efforts.
