82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16

By Sgt. 1st Class Alexander BurnettJune 7, 2016

82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
1 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
2 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
3 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
4 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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 ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
5 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
6 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
7 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
8 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
9 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
82nd Airborne Division participates in Swift Response 16
10 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 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... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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.