U.S. Army Lt. Col. Patrick S. Wilkins, commander of the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), talks to Dick Yates, a delegate from the 82nd Airborne Division Association's Washington, D.C. Chapter, during a ceremony to honor the service of U.S. Army nurses during World War II, in Bolleville, Normandy, France, June 4, 2014. The event was one of several commemorations of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day operations conducted by Allied forces during World War II June 5-6, 1944. More than 650 U.S. military personnel have joined troops from several NATO nations to participate in ceremonies to honor the events at the invitation of the French government. http://www.eucom.mil/key-activities/featured-events/d-day-june-6-1944

The first building of the new Del Din installation is now 100 percent complete, and was officially delivered to the Vicenza garrison, Feb. 22.

In an emergency situation, knowing where you are going can mean the difference between life and death.

Spc. Francisco Reyes (right), 173rd ABCT Sky Soldier, and Agnello D'Marzo work together to plot the best course to follow during nighttime operations.

Approximately 60 Italian parachutists of the 186th Regiment, Folgore Brigade, arrived on Caserma Ederle Jan. 14 for a regimental level Command Post Exercise, or CPX.

NCOs Rosario Fazzone (left) and Simone Rafaelli of 186th Parachute Regiment, Folgore Brigade, monitor operations during Command Post Exercise training at the Vicenza Mission Training Complex on Caserma Ederle Jan. 29, 2013. The paratroopers, stationed in Pisa and Livorno, traveled to Caserma Ederle to conduct a regimental level Command Post Exercise, or CPX. The rotation was the latest in an ongoing series of joint trainings and exchanges with their airborne partners, the Sky Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

Noncommissioned officers from the rear detachment of U.S. Army Europe's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team shared deployment experiences and lessons learned with Italian military law enforcement officers during cultural awareness and information operations training here, Sept. 11.

Members of the local Italian carabinieri talk with Soldiers from the rear detachment of U.S. Army Europe's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team about their deployment experiences during a cross-cultural awareness and information operations training session at the carabinieri compound in Vicenza, Italy, Sept. 11.

Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team based in Vicenza, Italy, stand in formation next to Italian troops during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Florence American Cemetery May 28, 2012.

The 37th Airlift Squadron completed a week-long airdrop training exercise with 10 container-deleviery-system drops at a drop zone near Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 16.

Tech. Sgt. Kepa Kahihikolo, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, checks over the loaded ten-bundle container deployment system in the cargo bay of a C-130J Super Hercules, March 16, 2012 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The cargo was dropped in order to support field-training exercises for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team from Vicenza, Italy. This training gave pilots and loadmasters here an opportunity to practice this type of airdrop.

Dr. Janine Davidson, the deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Plans, observed Europe's Full-Spectrum Training Environment rotation, Oct. 20-22, during the final stages of training. "It's an opportunity to really think about these facilities and the way we use them," Davidson said. "I really believe that if you are going to train the way you fight, you need to train with your allies. And so, it's important to be here."

Two Chinook helicopters provide air support during Europe's Full-Spectrum Training Environment rotation, Oct. 3-24, 2011 at Hohenfels Training Area in Germany. The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team conducted a large-scale assault into an austere environment as part of the training.

Janine Davidson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for plans, thanks Maj. Bart Hensler, the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operations officer, during a tour of the brigade tactical operations center at U.S. Army Europe's Joint Multinational Training Command's Full-Spectrum Training Environment at Hohenfels Training Area in Germany, Oct 21, 2011. The exercise brings together participants from 11 nations, including the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, in a multifaceted training event that incorporates partner nations in the complexities combating 21st century threats such as terrorist, criminal, insurgent and conventional forces.

A Polish soldier allied with U.S. Army Europe's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, scans for a target during an engagement with opposing forces during Europe's Full-Spectrum Training Environment, Oct 23, 2011. The FSTE was hosted by the Joint Multinational Training Command at Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas in Germany.

Private First Class Devin Anderson-Moser, a member of the Opposing Force with C Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment (1-4 Inf.), runs through the woods towards a 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team's observation post. The 1-4 Inf. is the U.S. Army in Europe's professional opposing force. During Operation Enduring Freedom, the 1-4 Inf. distinguished itself when it served in Afghanistan for six-years, deploying one company each rotation with the Romanian Land Forces. The mission was complete in Jan. 2011. The tactics, techniques and procedures learned during those rotations are instilled in the thousands of U.S. and multinational Soldiers that Train in Europe each year. The Full- Spectrum Training Event is hosted at Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas in central Europe.

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) radios in a call for fire at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany Oct. 5, 2011, during the U.S. Army in Europe's Full-Spectrum Training Environment. During the Oct. 3-24 training, the 173rd ABCT continues to take fire from the enemy, while establishing a command outpost, and setting-up communications and building relationships with the notional host-nation security team during phase two of the exercise. The 173rd began training with an early-entry operation, a large-scale aerial insertion with 998 paratroopers from the 173rd and the Polish Army.

LEGHORN ARMY DEPOT, Italy — The 3/405th AFSB is executing a Left Behind Equipment South of the Alps mission on behalf of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, which is stationed in Vicenza, Italy.