U.S. Army Col. John Norris, commander of the Joint

U.S. Army Col. John Norris, commander of the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, listens to a brief during exercise Combined Resolve II at the JMRC in Hohenfels, Germany, May 25, 2014. Combined Resolve II is a multinational decisive action training environment exercise occurring at the Joint Multinational Training Command’s Hohenfels and Grafenwoehr Training Areas that involves more than 4,000 participants from 15 partner nations. The intent of the exercise is to train and prepare a U.S. led multinational brigade to interoperate with multiple partner nations and execute unified land operations against a complex threat while improving the combat readiness of all participants. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Justin De Hoyos/Released)