US, British Paratroopers Train to Patrol, React to Contact

By Maj. Thomas CieslakDecember 14, 2018

US, British Paratroopers Train to Patrol, React to Contact
1 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A paratrooper from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment uses a hand signal to communicate while conducting a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 27, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The train... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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2 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 27, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario was part of Operation Askari St... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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3 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment react to simulated enemy contact during a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 27, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
US, British Paratroopers Train to Patrol, React to Contact
4 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct security halt during a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 27, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario was part o... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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5 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 27, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario was part of Operation Askari St... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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6 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A paratrooper from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment motions towards an objective to a while conducting a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 28, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The train... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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7 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment scan for a simulated enemy after receiving notional contact while conducting a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 28, 2018 in ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
US, British Paratroopers Train to Patrol, React to Contact
8 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A paratrooper from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment scans for a simulated enemy after receiving notional contact while conducting a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 28, 2018 i... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
US, British Paratroopers Train to Patrol, React to Contact
9 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment react to simulated enemy contact during a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 28, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
US, British Paratroopers Train to Patrol, React to Contact
10 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A paratrooper from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment conducts a security halt during a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 28, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario was pa... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
US, British Paratroopers Train to Patrol, React to Contact
11 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 28, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario was part of Operation Askari St... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
US, British Paratroopers Train to Patrol, React to Contact
12 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 28, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario was part of Operation Askari St... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
US, British Paratroopers Train to Patrol, React to Contact
13 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 28, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario was part of Operation Askari St... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Fort Bragg-based paratroopers and British paratroopers trained to patrol and react to simulated enemy contact in Kenya, Africa.

Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and paratroopers from 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade conducted a series of training exercises centering around patrolling operations and react-to-contact scenarios November 27 and 28, 2018.

The scenarios were part of Operation Askari Storm, a multinational training exercise occurring in Kenya, Africa between U.S., British and other partner-nation forces. The training focuses on increasing the readiness and interoperability of the participating forces while placing them in tough, realistic scenarios against simulated near-peer adversaries.