Maj. Gen. Walter Piatt (from left to right), deputy

Maj. Gen. Walter Piatt (from left to right), deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Europe, Latvian Chief of Defense Lt. Gen. Raimonds Graube, German Gen. Hans-Lothar Domroese, commander of NATO Joint Forces Command Brunssum, and Col. Michael Foster, commander for the 173rd Airborne Brigade, discuss the night time airfield seizure completed during NATO Exercise Steadfast Javelin II at Lielvarde, Latvia Sept. 5, 2014. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO exercise involving over 2,000 troops from 10 nations, and takes place across Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The exercise focuses on increasing interoperability and synchronizing complex operations between allied air and ground forces through airborne and air assault missions. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael T. Crawford/Released)