Swift Response 15
A German paratrooper puts his weapon into service during a joint forcible entry exercise that is a part of exercise as part of exercise Swift Response 15 on Hohenburg drop zone in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 26, 2015. More than 1,000 paratroopers from Germany Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, the U.K and the U.S. conducted an airborne operation as part of exercise Swift Response 15 on Hohenburg drop zone in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 26, 2015. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations - Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States - will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, and Romania, Aug. 17 - Sept. 13, 2015. Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deployed and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez/Released)
