U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Karl Yepez of Alpha Company,
Summary
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Karl Yepez of Alpha Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade places a training explosive next to a simulated anti-tank mine in order to breach an obstacle during exercise Allied Spirit IV at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 25, 2016. Exercise Allied Spirit IV is a U.S. Army Europe-directed, 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command-conducted multinational exercise that is designed to prepare forces in Europe to operate together by exercising tactical interoperability and testing secure communications within NATO alliance members and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Seth Plagenza/Released)