U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, board a U.S. Air Force C-130 Aircraft at the Nuremberg Airport, Germany, June 16, 2015, en route to conducting an airfield-seizure in Swidwin, Poland, as part of Saber Strike 15. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. Designed to improve joint operational capability in a range of mission as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations, this year’s exercise takes place across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Nathanael Mercado/Released)