U.S. Army Capt. Gerald Rogers, an intelligence officer

U.S. Army Capt. Gerald Rogers, an intelligence officer from 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Brigade based in San Antonio, Texas, listens in on a meeting with the French Army as they prepare for the last day of scenario-based observer coach training during Swift Response on June 22, 2016. Exercise Swift Response is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multi-national airborne forces in the world. The exercise is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the U.S. Global Response Force -- currently the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team -- to conduct rapid response, joint-forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe. Swift Response 16 includes more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United states and takes place in Poland and Germany, May 27-June 26, 2016. (Photo by U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Adrian Shelton)