TRAINING SUPPORT ACTIVITY EUROPE A YEAR IN PHOTOS 2016 U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) Seventh Army Training Training Support Activity Command (7ATC) Europe (TSAE) U.S. Army Europe trains and The 7ATC provides dynamic Identifies, acquires, manages and leads Army Forces in support of training, preparing forces to provides state-of-the-art home U.S. European Command and execute Unified Land Operations station, rotational and Headquarters, Department and contingencies in support of expeditionary training support of the Army by: the Combatant Commands, and visual information capability NATO and other national as directed by USAREUR, in order » Training and preparing full- requirements. to prepare Joint and Multinational spectrum capable forces for forces to win in any operating global employment environment, and serves as the » Strengthening alliances and 7ATC point of contact for training building partner capacity and support at installations outside the capability Grafenwoehr Military Community. » Providing Army Service Component Command and Title 10 support » Continually seeking to improve the readiness and quality of life of our Soldiers, Army Families and Civilian workforce Visual Information (VI) The TSAE VI Program is part of the VI aids DoD public affairs communi- one stop shop concept for all training ties in providing information to the support in Europe. Every Training public concerning DoD operations Support Center (TSC) in United States and programs, contributes to public Army Europe has an embedded diplomacy objective, provides authorized VI activity as part of their strategic and operational supporting training support capability. capability to information operations, aids operational planning and VI program provides more than decision making, and is critical to Department of the Army (DA) effective and efficient training. photos, command photos, video, audiovisual support, and computer TSAE VI Specialists and Combat graphics; it tells the Army story Camera Soldiers provide on location WE WHO ARE through Visual Information VI support to home-station and Documentation (VIDOC). VIDOC is expeditionary units in both the an essential information resource EUCOM and AFRICOM areas of and a supporting capability for responsibility. strategic communication for commanders. It is fundamental to the historical and evidentiary record of DoD released and non-released imagery of activities and actions. Who we are 1 2 1 1 U.S. Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Company participate in a field training exercise in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, Jan. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Jason Johnston) 2 U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Battalion 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter onto the Malmsheim Drop Zone, Germany, Jan. 20, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Eric Steen) 2 January 3 4 anuary J 5 6 7 3 U.S. Soldiers test the capabilities 5 A U.S. Army High Mobility 6 A member of the British 7 An Italian army cadet assigned of the MRZR4 LT-All Terrain Vehicle in Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle armed forces, assigned to a local unit, to the Centre of Excellence Italian the Boeblingen Local Training Area, maneuvers through the 7ATC’s performs a drinking drill in a cloud of Airborne Folgore in Pisa, exits the Germany, Jan. 5, 2016. (U.S. Army Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, CS gas inside the U.S. Army Training 7ATC tower during basic airborne photo by Jason Johnston) Jan. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Support Center Benelux chemical, training at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Markus Rauchenberger) biological, radiological and nuclear Italy, Jan. 28, 2016. The 7ATC tower is 4 A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st chamber on Chièvres Air Base, 34-feet high and the only Army jump Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group Belgium, Jan. 19, 2016. (U.S. Army tower in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by (Airborne) counts to make sure all six photo by Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie) Paolo Bovo) paratroopers exited a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter safely during an airborne jump near Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 20, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Adam Sanders) January 3 8 ALLIED SPIRIT IV Jan. 10 - Feb. 5, 2016 J Y A N N A -F M E IV R B E 20 , G 16 ELS . HOHENF 9 10 8 U.S. Soldiers with 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment react to contact during an assault in an urban envi- ronment at the 7ATC’s Distinguished Visitors Day for Exercise Allied Spirit IV More than 2,400 participants at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, from seven nations will partici- Jan. 27, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by pate in Exercise Allied Spirit IV at Spc. Nathanael Mercado) the Army’s Hohenfels Training 11 12 9 Slovenian soldiers of 3rd Area in southeastern Germany. Company, 10th Regiment conduct Participating countries include lane maneuvers using a Valuk Light Canada, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Armored Vehicle during a movement to contact lane at Exercise Allied Slovenia, the United Kingdom Spirit IV at the 7ATC’s Hohenfels and the United States. Training Area, Germany, Jan. 21, 2016. Allied Spirit IV is unique in its (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathanael Mercado) ability to provide a hands-on laboratory for NATO interoper- 10 Slovenian soldiers of 3rd 11 U.S. Soldiers use a UH-60 12 Slovenian soldiers of 3rd ability training, with a partner Company, 10th Regiment conduct Black Hawk helicopter to provide Company, 10th Regiment provide nation in the lead. an assault in an urban environment simulated medical assistance during security during a situational during a situational training exercise a situational training exercise lane at training exercise lane at Exercise lane at Exercise Allied Spirit IV at Exercise Allied Spirit IV at the 7ATC’s Allied Spirit IV at the 7ATC’s the 7ATC’s Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Germany, Jan. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army Jan. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Jan. 25, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by photo by Spc. Nathanael Mercado) Spc. Nathanael Mercado) Pfc. Emily Houdershieldt) 4 January 13 Slovenian soldiers of 3rd Company, 10th Regiment mount onto a Valuk Light Armored Vehicle during a situational training exercise lane at Exercise Allied Spirit IV at the 7ATC’s Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 25, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Emily Houdershieldt) anuary J 1 OPERATION ATLANTIC RESOLVE (OAR) 1 A U.S. Soldier assigned to K Troop, Ongoing since April 2014 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, runs during a team movement exercise at the Drawsko Pomorskie training area, Poland, Feb. 10, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elliott Banks) 2 U.S. Army Spc. Danial Semenick, assigned to K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, sets up a M224 60mm mortar at the Drawsko Pomorskie training area, Poland, Feb. 10, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by 2 Markus Rauchenberger) 3 A U.S. Soldier with K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, poses with local Polish kids for a group photo at the Drawsko Pomorskie training area, Poland, Feb. 11, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger) Atlantic Resolve demonstrates the U.S. commitment to the security of NATO allies on air, 3 land and at sea. To ensure its own security, NATO must have strong, committed and capable allies, which is why the United States has fought, exercised and trained with our European allies for the past 70 years. The U.S.-European strategic partner- ship is built on a foundation of shared values, experiences and “Troopers assigned to 2CR conduct training in Poland commitment to a Europe that is in support of Atlantic Resolve-North, a multinational stable and prosperous. demonstration of continued U.S. commitment to the collective security of its NATO allies.” 6 February 4 5 6 ruary 7 B E F 4 U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Poe Andrew, 6 U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Steed, 8 German soldiers conduct 8 assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd airborne operations from a UH-60 The 173rd Airborne Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Black Hawk with U.S. Paratroopers, Brigade is the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, lands onto Brigade, performs a function check assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th the Bunker Drop Zone after jumping on a MK19 40mm grenade machine Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, Contingency Response Force from a UH-60 Black Hawk at the 7ATC’s gun during the brigade’s Expert 173rd Airborne Brigade, at the in Europe, providing rapidly Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Infantryman Badge testing phase 7ATC’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, deploying forces to the Feb. 18, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by at the 7ATC’s Grafenwoehr Training Germany, Feb. 18, 2016. (U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy MacDuffie) Area, Germany, Feb. 2, 2016. photo by Pfc. Emily Houdershieldt) U.S. Army Europe, Africa (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach) and Central Command Areas 5 A U.S. Army paratrooper, right, 9 U. S. Soldiers with the 12th 9 of Responsibility within 18 assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd 7 A U.S. Jumpmaster gives Combat Aviation Brigade support the Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne commands to U.S. Airmen, who are 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field hours. The Brigade routinely Brigade and French soldier, left, walk joint terminal attack controllers Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne trains alongside NATO side by side as they continue a 12-mile (JTACs), and German soldiers during Brigade’s training jump with a UH-60 allies and partners to build ruck march, Feb. 5, 2016, during the an airborne operation from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at the 7ATC’s brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge Black Hawk conducted by U.S. Para- Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, stronger relationships and testing phase at the 7ATC’s Grafen- troopers with 4th Battalion, 319th Feb.