Brig. Gen. Miha Skerbinc (left), commander of the Slovenian

Brig. Gen. Miha Skerbinc (left), commander of the Slovenian Armed Forces, welcomes to U.S. Army Col. James Bartholomees III (right), commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, during airborne operation as part of exercise Eagle Sokol at Cerklje Drop Zone in Slovenia, Mar. 22, 2019. Exercise Eagle Sokol is a bilateral training exercise with the Slovenian Armed Forces focused on the rapid deployment and assembly of forces and team cohesion with weapon systems tactics and procedures. Exercises such as this build a foundation of teamwork and readiness between allied NATO countries. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility. (U.S. Army Photos by Paolo Bovo)