ZAGREB, Croatia -- 1st Lt. Isaac Bradlich, battle captain for the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry works with his Croatian counterpart during exercise Immediate Response 2011 here.
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YAVORIV, Ukraine -- U.S. paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team out of Vicenza, Italy train with Ukrainian Paratroopers at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center (IPSC) in Ukraine as part of Exercise Rapid Trident 2011..
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YAVORIV, Ukraine -- During a weapons familiarization and shooting range, paratroopers from Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and the U.K.'s 2nd Parachute Regiment take turns learning about and firing the other country's rifles and machine guns during Rapid Trident 11, July 29.
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - U.S. Army Europe Specialist Joseph Stoffel, a 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team radio transmission operator talks to Lt Marco Stopar, the Battle Captain for the Slovenian Armed Forces, during the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team's Full Spectrum Training Event being held at Hohenfels Germany. Photo by Richard Bumgardner.
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YAVORIV, Ukraine -- Paratroopers from (left to right) the U.S. Army, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belarus, Poland and Ukraine embrace for a photograph to commemorate an event they won't soon forget: Rapid Trident 2011.
U.S. Army Europe is featuring a 10-week "Building Alliances" quiz campaign, with a broad array of questions about the 51 countries of the command's area of responsibility. Learn more here.
