2nd Cavalry Regiment mission rehearsal exercise, Southern Germany

U.S. Army Soldiers of Fox Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment pull security during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 8, 2013. The MRE is designed to ensure deploying units are capable of conducting security forces assistance operations in order to enable the Afghan National Security Forces to assume primary responsibility for operations to support governance and security and defeat insurgency within the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Wayne Becton/Released)