Paratroopers from Attack Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) provide security from a vehicle during a tactical control point exercise July 10, 2013, during Exercise Rapid Trident in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Daniel Cole/U.S. Army
US Army To Proceed With Planned Exercise In Ukraine -- Stars and Stripes
VICENZA, Italy — Atlas Vision is canceled. But Rapid Trident is still a go.
The status of two annual U.S. Army Europe military exercises that were scheduled for July — one in Russia, one in western Ukraine — is being affected differently by the situation in Ukraine, which has been described as the worst crisis since the end of the Cold War. The fact that the U.S. and its allies chose to go ahead with an exercise in Ukraine while canceling the one in Russia demonstrates Western support for Kiev in its confrontation with Moscow.
On March 3, the Pentagon announced that all exercises, bilateral meetings, port visits and planning conferences with Russia were off.
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My Comment: This is a really bad idea .... especially right now.
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This picture is a farce. Look at the tarp, the tailgate, and the tires. It screams photo op. You see nothing of how many troopies are actually there, what they're doing, and who with. And some Sgt needs to tell the guy on the right behind the truck to go behind the trees. Oh yeah, another thing about the tail gate it's hiding the bumper. Usually unit ID markings are painted there to tell you whose truck it is.
Oh but it is a scary photo... No?
Looks like the guy behind the truck is taking a piss
You guys kill me .... and yes .... it looks like he is taking a piss.
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