An AH-64 Apache helicopter of 2nd Battalion, 159th

An AH-64 Apache helicopter of 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment (Attack Reconnaissance), 12th Combat Aviation Brigade passes overhead during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 28, 2014. The MRE was conducted at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas in order to prepare the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade to deploy to Afghanistan to provide medical evacuation and combat support to the NATO International Security Assistance Force mission. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bryan Rankin/Released)