B-Roll: 173rd Airborne Brigade

Video by Capt. Jennifer French

B-Roll: 173rd Airborne Brigade's Attack Company Executes STX Training in Lithuania During Swift Response 2025

173rd Airborne Brigade

May 19, 2025 | 5:35

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Attack Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct a company-level situational training exercise (STX) lane at Pabradė Training Area, Lithuania, May 19, 2025, during Swift Response 2025. The exercise sharpens small-unit tactics and mission planning in a multinational training environment, reinforcing readiness and interoperability across NATO forces.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

(U.S. Army video by Capt. Jennifer French)

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B-Roll: 173rd Airborne Brigade's Attack Company Executes STX Training in Lithuania During Swift Response 2025

Mission:
189th IN BDE (CATB) observes, coaches, and trains our ARNG and USAR partners to provide trained and ready units to support combatant commander requirements around the world. O/O, conduct Mobilization and Large Scale Mobilization Operations (LSMO) in support of our ARNG and USAR partners to meet combatant commander OPLAN requirements.
Vision:
Our purpose is to support First Army’s mission to achieve FORSCOM directed readiness and deliver trained and ready NG and RC forces. We accomplish this through partnership with the National Guard and US Army Reserve as FORSCOM’s proponent for the integration of the Army’s Total Force Policy (ATFP) and execution of Mobilization Training Centers (MTC) operations as part of the Army’s LSMO effort.

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