CINCU, Romania – Spc. Colton Church, a soldier with

CINCU, Romania – Spc. Colton Church, a soldier with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), Idaho Army National Guard, takes up a defensive position July 28, 2016 at the Romanian Land Force Combat Training Center (RLF-CTC) here. Slater and his fellow Soldiers were taking part in company level situational training exercises (STX) as part of Saber Guardian 16. A STX is a scenario-driven, mission-oriented exercise designed to train on either one collective task or a group of related tasks through practice. It involves a realistic military operation scenario, and is used for training, evaluation, and sustainment of task proficiency. Saber Guardian is a Romanian and U.S. Army Europe-led exercise designed to promote regional stability and security, while strengthening partnership capacity, and fostering trust while improving interoperability between Romania, the U.S., NATO and Partnership for Peace member nations.