Maj. Gen. Michael Clarke and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Green, the 82nd Airborne Division command team, cross a bridge in Torun, Poland after it was secured by the Polish 6th Airborne Brigade during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 8. Exercise Swift R...

Maj. Gen. Richard Clarke, the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, fields questions from Polish media in Torun, Poland as 2nd Cavalry Regiment strykers pass in the background during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 8. Exercise Swift Resp...

Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, left, Maj. Gen. Richard Clarke, center, and President Michał Zalewski, president of Torun, Poland, field questions from local media during Exercise Swift Response 16, June 8. Exercise Swift Response 16 is one of the premier ...

TORUN, Poland - Maj. Gen. Richard Clarke, the 82nd Airborne Division commanding general, fielded questions from local media alongside Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the U.S. Army Europe commanding general, and President Michał Zalewski, president of Torun, Poland, during a press conference held on a bridge in Torun, June 8.

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.