A Polish soldiers of the 1st Mounted Infantry Battalion,

A Polish soldiers of the 1st Mounted Infantry Battalion, 17th Mechanized Brigade observes his sector of fire while conducting a simulated assault during Saber Junction 17 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, May 8, 2017. Saber Junction 17 is the U.S. Army Europe’s 2d Cavalry Regiment’s combat training center certification exercise, taking place at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Apr. 25-May 19, 2017. The exercise is designed to assess the readiness of the regiment to conduct unified land operations, with a particular emphasis on rehearsing the transition from garrison to combat operations, and exercising operational and tactical decision-making skills. Saber Junction 17 includes nearly 4,500 participants from 13 NATO and European partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Zachery Perkins)