Canadian soldiers of 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment,

Canadian soldiers of 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment, 5th Mechanized Brigade observe their sector of fire while conducting defensive operation during exercise Allied Spirit IV at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 21, 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 Spc. Lloyd Villanueva/Released)