A Canadian soldier of 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment,

A Canadian soldier of 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment, 5th Mechanized Brigade prepares to reload an M4A1 carbine while conducting a movement to contact scenario during exercise Allied Spirit IV at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 20, 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 Pvt. Randy Wren/Released)