Thomas Mort

Combined Resolve XII Kicks Off U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Beals, Command Sgt. Maj. of the 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division applies camouflage in preparation for movement to the field for the culminating force on force exercise during Combined Resolve XII at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany Aug. 15, 2019. Combined Resolve is a biannual U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army Training Command-led exercise intended to evaluate and certify the readiness and interoperability of US forces mobilized to Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve.

Soldier takes a breather A Ukrainian mechanized infantry soldier takes a breather after successfully defending against an attack by Opposing Forces (OPFOR), before moving forward to defend their position, during the culminating force on force exercise of Combined Resolve XII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany Aug. 19, 2019. Combined Resolve is a biannual U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army Training Command-led exercise intended to evaluate and certify the readiness and interoperability of US forces mobilized to Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve.

U.S. Army Green berets assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group await the order to commence a building breach, as part of Close Quarter Battle (CQB) training, May 5, 2020. Local missions are designed to maintain proficiency.

Combined Resolve XII: Friend or Foe A Ukrainian mechanized infantry soldier fires at Opposing Forces (OPFOR) trying to advance forward, during the culminating force on force exercise of Combined Resolve XII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany Aug. 19, 2019. Combined Resolve is a biannual U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army Training Command-led exercise intended to evaluate and certify the readiness and interoperability of US forces mobilized to Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve.

Opposing Force (OPFOR) Soldiers carry out a scouting mission during Saber Junction 19 (SJ19), at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany Sept. 26, 2019. SJ19 is an exercise involving nearly 5,400 participants from 16 ally and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, Sept. 3 to 30 Sept. 2019. SJ19 is designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Infantry Airborne Brigade to execute land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations. 

 U.S. Army Green berets assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group approach a building, as part of Close Quarter Battle (CQB) training, May 5, 2020. Local missions are designed to maintain proficiency.

Soldier conceals himself in a wheatfield during Saber Guardian 19 Pfc. Trevor Short, infantryman with 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conceals himself in a wheatfield during an air assault mission at Saber Guardian 19, June 20, 2019. Exercises such as Saber Guardian 19, continue to increase participating nations’ readiness and capacity to conduct full spectrum military operations. They send a clear message that the U.S. and its allies and partners work skillfully together. 

Combined Resolve XII: 1-4 CAV Bradleys prepare for multinational exercise U.S. Army Bradley Fighting Vehicles with 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, fire rounds during a live fire range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, August 8, 2019. The 1-4 CAV is participating in Combined Resolve XII, a multinational exercise designed to increase the readiness of allied forces during Atlantic Resolve.

U.S. Army Green berets assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group prepare to breach and enter a building, as part of Close Quarter Battle (CQB) training, May 5, 2020. Local missions are designed to maintain proficiency. 

Devil Brigade Soldiers showcase air defense capabilities Sgt. Zane Pettibone and Spc. Svenson Albert, a Stinger Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) team with 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct engagement sequences and the 13 critical checks of the Stinger Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS), as part of the multinational live-fire training exercise Shabla 19, June 11, 2019. Shabla 19 is designed to improve readiness and interoperability between the Bulgarian Air Force, Navy and Land Forces, and the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, U.S. Army Europe.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Chaos Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire an M777 Howitzer during a live fire exercise as part of Saber Junction 19 (SJ19) at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 11, 2019. SJ19 is an exercise involving nearly 5,400 participants from 16 ally and partner nations at the U.S. Army’s Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, Sept. 3 to Sept. 30, 2019. SJ19 is designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army’s 173rd Infantry Airborne Brigade to execute land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations. 

A 2K12 Kub mobile surface-to-air missile system fires A 2K12 Kub mobile surface-to-air missile system fires during the multinational live-fire training exercise Shabla 19, in Shabla, Bulgaria, June 12, 2019. Shabla 19 is designed to improve readiness and interoperability between the Bulgarian Air Force, Navy and Land Forces, and the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, U.S. Army Europe. 

A U.S. Army Green beret assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, breaches a door with explosives, as part of Close Quarter Battle (CQB) training, May 5, 2020. Local missions are designed to maintain proficiency. 

Combined Resolve XII: Friend or Foe U.S. Army vehicles with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, convoy to their position in “the box” during the culminating force on force exercise of Combined Resolve XII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany Aug. 19, 2019. Combined Resolve is a biannual U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army Training Command-led exercise intended to evaluate and certify the readiness and interoperability of US forces mobilized to Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve.

HOHENFELS, Germany -- Sgt. James Sheives, an armor crewman from 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, prepares to survey the area in preparation to overtake a local town held by opposing forces during exercise Allied Spirit X in Hohenfels, Germany, April 13, 2019. The 1st ABCT is part of more than 6,000 U.S. regionally-allocated Soldiers in Germany, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania, on a nine-month rotation, in support of Atlantic Resolve. Exercise Allied Spirit X includes approximately 5,600 participants from 15 nations, March 30-April 17, 2019, at the 7th Army Training Command's Hohenfels Training Area in Southeastern Germany.

Soldiers aboard M1A2 Abram Tanks from 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division start to move out, as part of an Initial Ready Task Force (IRTF) exercise, at Johanna Range, Poland, May 20, 2019. An IRTF is similar to an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) but on a smaller scale. An IRTF is a no-notice, rapid-deployment exercise designed to test a unit's ability to alert, marshal, and deploy forces and equipment for contingency operations or an emergency disaster.

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, takes a break from patient phone calls, May 5, 2020. Murphy's role during COVID-19 has been to help coordinate care for those with symptoms and to track individuals in quarantine or isolation for new symptoms for themselves and their family members.

Combined Resolve XII: Soldier calls for backup U.S. Army Pvt. Alexander Rivera, a military police with the 554th Military Police Company, 18th Military Police Brigade, calls for backup as Operational Forces (OPFOR) move in from the treeline during a small skirmish “in the box”, as part of the culminating force on force exercise of Combined Resolve XII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany Aug. 24, 2019. Combined Resolve is a biannual U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army Training Command-led exercise intended to evaluate and certify the readiness and interoperability of US forces mobilized to Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve.

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, tries on a pair of personal protective equipment gloves, May 5, 2020. Murphy's role during COVID-19 has been to help coordinate care for those with symptoms and to track individuals in quarantine or isolation for new symptoms for themselves and their family members. 

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, practice parachute landing falls (PLF) in preparation for a combined U.S. and German monthly airborne jump, at Stuttgart Army Airfield, March 11, 2020. Monthly jumps at SOCEUR are designed to assess the readiness of paratroopers, maintain currency and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations.

Mechanics keep Diehard engineers moving forward Spc. Mitchell Whiteside (bottom left) and Spc. Dylann Farley (upper right), wheeled vehicle mechanics and Pvt. Justin Travis (middle), a construction equipment repairer from Echo Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, work on installing a new humvee engine, May 9, 2019 in Camp Karliki, Poland. Echo Company Soldiers have been working tirelessly to keep the Diehard Battalion running strong, since arriving in Poland.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, execute pre-jump drills to prepare for a combined U.S. and German monthly airborne jump, at Stuttgart Army Airfield, March 11, 2020. Monthly jumps at SOCEUR are designed to assess the readiness of paratroopers, maintain currency, and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations. 

A nurse from the Stuttgart Army Medical Clinic demonstrates the proper use of an otoscope, which is used to look into the ears, May 4, 2020. On average, nurses tend to have more time to spend with patients and are important in the military for continuity of care.

Mechanics keep Diehard engineers moving forward Spc. Dylann Farley, a wheeled vehicle mechanic from Echo Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, works on attaching a wire harness as part of a humvee engine swap, May 9, 2019 in Camp Karliki, Poland. Echo Company Soldiers have been working tirelessly to keep the Diehard Battalion running strong, since arriving in Poland.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft during a combined U.S. and German monthly airborne jump, at Stuttgart Army Airfield, March 11, 2020. Monthly jumps at SOCEUR are designed to assess the readiness of paratroopers, maintain currency, and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations.

Mechanics keep Diehard engineers moving forward Pvt. Justin Travis, a construction equipment repairer from Echo Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, attentively works on installing a new humvee engine, May 9, 2019 in Camp Karliki, Poland. Echo Company Soldiers have been working tirelessly to keep the Diehard Battalion running strong, since arriving in Poland.

Staff Sgt. Ryan W. Azevedo, a CH-47 Helicopter Repairer and Company Standardization Instructor for Hotel Company 1-214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, observes the shipping port inside the new CH-47F MYII over Bremerhaven, Germany, Aug. 21, 2015. The new helicopters will provide 12th CAB with the latest and most cutting-edge CH-47F platform to-date that will ensure combat readiness, which incorporates reliability, maintainability improvement modifications, and current modernization programs.

A U.S. Army paratrooper from 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade, seen from the ground, after performing a successful exit from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter. Paratroopers conducted over 200 airborne proficiency jumps from two UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters from 3rd Battalion 227th Aviation Regiment, Task Force Spearhead, Feb. 18, 2016, at Bunker drop-zone Grafenwoehr, Germany. 

A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, Task Force Spearhead, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, approaches the Frida drop-zone for sling load training with 173rd Airborne Brigade, Pordenone, Italy, March 9, 2016. Sling load training prepares Soldiers to deliver and move equipment in a quick, safe, and efficient manner.

A Soldier from 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepares an M113 armored personnel carrier for a convoy, during an Initial Ready Task Force (IRTF) exercise, at Johanna Range, Poland, May 20, 2019. An IRTF is similar to an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) but on a smaller scale. An IRTF is a no-notice, rapid-deployment exercise designed to test a unit's ability to alert, marshal, and deploy forces and equipment for contingency operations or an emergency disaster.

CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Hotel Company 1-214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, take off en route to Bremerhaven port, Aug. 21, 2015. The new MYII helicopters will provide 12th CAB with the latest and most cutting-edge CH-47F platform to-date that will ensure combat readiness, which incorporates reliability, maintainability improvement modifications, and current modernization programs.

Two CH-47F Chinook helicopters, from Hotel Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, take off en route to retrieve air assault troops in preparation for an air assault mission as part of NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 in Zaragoza, Spain, Nov. 3, 2015.

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Daniel Lupacchino, an assistant fire support officer with the 173rd Airborne Brigade pulls security following a successful airborne jump during the Joint Forcible Entry Training for Saber Junction 2019 (SJ19), at the Hohenfels Training Area, Sept. 18, 2019. SJ19 is an exercise involving nearly 5,400 participants from 16 ally and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, Sept. 3 to 30 Sept. 2019. SJ19 is designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations.

A Crew Chief from Hotel Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, "Big Windy", watches a trailing CH-47 Chinook Helicopter en route to sling load and air operations training with the 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 2nd Signal Brigade, March 23, 2016, at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany.

An AH-64, from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, hovers in a holding area before proceeding to an attack by fire position during exercise Allied Spirit IV at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 27, 2016.

Track vehicles from 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, are staged and ready to move out, during an Initial Ready Task Force (IRTF) exercise, at Johanna Range, Poland, May 20, 2019. An IRTF is a no-notice, rapid-deployment exercise designed to test a unit's ability to alert, marshal, and deploy forces and equipment for contingency operations or an emergency disaster.

A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, Task Force Spearhead, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, carries a HMMWV across a dry riverbed as part of sling load training with 173rd Airborne Brigade, at Frida drop-zone, Pordenone, Italy, March 9, 2016. Sling load training prepares Soldiers to deliver and move equipment in a quick, safe, and efficient manner.

Guidon bearers and leadership for the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, listen during the transfer of authority ceremony in Zagan, Poland, Feb. 12. The ceremony marks the start of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, taking over operations from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. The 1-1 ABCT are grateful for the momentum left behind from Ironhorse and are determined to continue and enhance the interoperability and relationships that currently exist.

Col. Charles S. Armstrong, commander, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division speaks during a transfer of authority ceremony in Zagan, Poland, Feb. 12. The ceremony marks the start of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, taking over operations from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. The 1-1 ABCT are grateful for the momentum left behind from Ironhorse and are determined to continue and enhance the interoperability and relationships that currently exist.

Polish Col. Kazimierz Klimczak, the oldest living insurgent of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, is greeted by Polish Lt. Gen. Jaroslaw Mika, General Commander of the Polish Armed Forces, at the conclusion of Poland’s Constitution Day Parade in Warsaw, Poland, May 3, 2019. Approximately 30 Soldiers from 2nd Bn, 34th Armored Regt., 1st ABCT, 1st ID, and four Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery out of Baumholder, Germany, took part in Poland’s Constitution Day Parade.

An M1A2 Abrams tank from 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, and an AH-64 Apache helicopter from 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, conduct security operations during exercise Allied Spirit X in Hohenfels, Germany, April 13, 2019. The 1st ABCT is part of more than 6,000 U.S. regionally-allocated Soldiers in Germany, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania, on a nine-month rotation, in support of Atlantic Resolve. Exercise Allied Spirit X includes approximately 5,600 participants from 15 nations, March 30 - April 17, 2019, at the 7th Army Training Command's Hohenfels Training Area in Southeastern Germany.