TRAINING SUPPORT ACTIVITY EUROPE MONTH IN PHOTOS AUGUST 2016 A U.S. Servicemember assigned to Special Operations Com- mand Europe participates in an Airborne operations training exercise in which he jumped out of a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 12,000 feet above the Malmsheim Drop Zone, Stutt- gart, Germany, Aug. 17, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnston) RTSD WEST 52nd SIG BN Weapons Training EFMB Litter Course Training Libyan Prime Minister visits AFRICOM M69 practice hand grenades and M228 practice fuses await U.S. Army Pfc. Raimin Holmes and Spc. Avianta Bryant of the U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander use during 52nd Signal Battalion basic hand grenade course 39th Transportation Battalion (MC), 21st Theater Sustainment of U.S. Africa Command walks with Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime on the Boeblingen local training area near Boeblingen, Command emerge from low wire on the Expert Field Minister of Libya’s unity government during a visit by Sarraj Germany, Aug. 5, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Medical Badge (EFMB) litter course in Landstuhl, Germany, to the AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, Aug. Information Specialist Martin Greeson) Aug. 4, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information 24, 2016. The meeting provided participants an opportunity Specialist Oliver Sommer) to discuss the current U.S. government support to the Libyan Government of National Accord and on the steps towards building a common path forward to promote Libyan stability and security. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Adam Sanders) United States Army Garrison Benelux Soldiers walk towards the targets as they perform a range qualification with new M4A1 carbines in the Training Support Center Benelux 25-meter indoor range, in Chièvres, Belgium, Aug. 24, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie) 2 TSAE Activities in a Month - August 2016 1st Lt. Kendall Ward (left) of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Lt. Ethan Klausner (right) of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment compete in a combatives tournament Aug. 11 during the 2016 European Best Warrior Competition held at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area. The intense, grueling annual weeklong competition is the RTSD EAST most prestigious competitive event of the region. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elliott Banks) Training with Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition 3rd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment Conducts Combined Resolve VII Aerial Gunnery U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the Regimental Engineer Squadron, U.S. Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 2d Cavalry Regiment, attend the hands-on portion of a U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition (SLAM) class at Tower 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade, hot-refuel an fire a M1A2 Sepv2 Abrams Main Battle Tank during exercise Barracks, Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 24, 2016. SLAM is a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a gunnery training, at the Combined Resolve VII at the 7th Army Training Command in multipurpose munition designed to be readily portable and 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 18, 2016. Combined Resolve hand-emplaced against lightly armored infantry vehicles, Germany, Aug. 11, 2016. VII includes more than 3,500 participants from 16 NATO and parked aircraft and petroleum storage sites. It can operate (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathanael Mercado) European partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Visual day and night during all weather conditions to defeat selected Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger) targets using an Explosively Formed Penetrator warhead. SLAM has four operating modes: bottom-attack, side-attack, timed-demolition and operator-initiated mode. SLAM will self-destruct at the end of a set time selected by the operator during its employment. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach) August 2016 - TSAE Activities in a Month 3 RTSD SOUTH Airborne Operation August 24, 2016 U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct Marshalling Area Control Officer or MACO brief before airborne operations, Aug. 24, 2016. The 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy, is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting forces to conduct the full range of military oper- ations across the United States European, Central and Africa Commands areas of responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Paolo Bovo) U.S. Army paratroopers with the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade hook a bundle to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter operated by the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade at Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy, Aug. 30, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Massimo Bovo) 4 TSAE Activities in a Month - August 2016 EXPEDITIONARY TRAINING SUPPORT U.S. Army photos by Juan Lafuentemasso U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, and Polish Forces conduct river crossing training in support of Atlantic Resolve at the Zagan Training Area, Poland, Aug. 24, 2016. The U.S. and partner nations conducted land, sea and air exercises and maintained a rotational presence in order to reinforce NATO security commitments in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Juan Lafuentemasso) August 2016 - TSAE Activities in a Month 5 >>> To see more informations click on the images <<< To find out more information about VI products, support and services, contact your local Training Support Center. To schedule Visual Information (VI) documentation of your next event please go to www.vios.army.mil All photos were provided by Training Support Activity Europe (TSAE). 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