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May 23, 2023 | 1:29
23MAY2023 - Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, sling loads a Humvee and tactical equipment to a UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Krivolak Military Training Center, North Macedonia in support of Immediate Response. Sling load training is conducted regularly to qualify and maintain proficiency for airfield assessment teams and to have the capability to be inserted or extracted in or out of airfields.
Immediate Response is part of DEFENDER 23, a U.S. Europe and Africa Command directed multi-national, joint exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between U.S. and NATO allies and partners..
The 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, was supported by a helicopter crew from 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, who are also deployed to North Macedonia as part of Immediate Response.
DEFENDER 23 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) joint exercise designed to enable combat-ready, multi-national forces. DEFENDER 23 demonstrates USAREUR-AF’s ability to aggregate U.S.-based combat power quickly in Eastern Europe, increase lethality of the NATO alliance, build unit readiness in a complex joint, multi-national environment, and leverage host nation capabilities to increase USAREUR-AF’s operational reach. DEFENDER 23 takes place April 22 to June 23 and includes more than 7,000 U.S. and 17,000 multi-national service members from more than 20 nations.
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