U.S. Army Paratroopers

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade along side of the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion conduct a platoon live fire exercise on Mar. 3, 2020 as part of Exercise Rock Klescman 20 in Postojna, Slovenia from Feb. 23 to Mar. 6, 2020. 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 photo by Sgt. John Yountz)