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Swift Response 16 Hohenfels Drop

7th Army Training Command

June 16, 2016 | 3:32

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division and French 11th Parachute Brigade (11e Brigade Parachutiste) jump into a drop zone (DZ) at Hohenfels Training Area in Germany, June 15, 2016 during Exercise Swift Response 16. Swift Response 16 is one of the premiere military crisis response training events for multi-national airborne forces in the world, and is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the U.S. Global Response Forces and to conduct rapid-response, joint-forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe.