Gen. Mark A. Milley, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, listens to a briefing on Exercise Swift Response 16 from Maj. Tara Kaiser, the 82nd Airborne Division chief planner, before elements of the Division headquarters and 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute In...

A U.S. Air Force C-17 drops 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division heavy equipment over the skies of Torun, Poland during Swift Response 16, June 7. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response training events fo...

Paratroopers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division descend onto a drop zone in Torun, Poland during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response training events for m...

A Paratrooper assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division exits a U.S. Air Force C-17 over the skies of Torun, Poland during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7.Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response ...

A Paratrooper assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division unpacks necessary equipment after landing on a drop zone in Torun, Poland during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military c...

Polish paratroopers from the 6th Polish Airborne Brigade exit a C-130 aircraft over the skies of Torun, Poland during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response training events for mu...

A Paratrooper assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepares to move to his follow on objective after landing on a drop zone in Torun, Poland during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the pr...

An 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper prepares to land on a drop zone in Torun, Poland during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multi-national airborne fo...

Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division fill the skies over a drop zone in Torun, Poland during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier military crisis response training ev...

Maj. Gen. Richard Clarke, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, fields questions from Slovakian media as Polish paratroopers descend onto a drop zone in Torun, Poland during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7. Exercise Swift Response 16 i...

TORUN, Poland - U.S. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division joined Polish and British paratroopers over the skies of Torun, Poland as they conducted an Airborne Joint Forcible Entry during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 7.

Exercise Swift Response 16 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 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.