U.S. Army Paratroopers, assigned to the 173rd Brigade

U.S. Army Paratroopers, assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, engage targets with the M2 machine gun during a live-fire exercise as part of Lipizzaner IV at Pocek Range in Postonja, Slovenia, Mar. 13, 2018. Lipizzaner is a combined squad-level training exercise in preparation for platoon evaluation, and to validate battalion-level deployment procedures. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo)