US Army Airborne drop.
The US Army has just completed the largest simulated ground-combat exercise since the attacks of Sept. 11 in preparation for a possible confrontation with the Islamic State (ISIS) group.
The 12-day exercise held at the Army’s 200,000-acre Joint Combat Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana included an airborne drop of about a thousand paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division (Rapid Deployment Force) along with combat and reconnaissance elements needed for a swift-response scenario in case of war.
Commenting on the situation Col. Christopher C. LaNeve operations group commander for the Joint Readiness Training Center and a former brigade commander said this: “This battlefield is incredibly complex.”
“What prepares you for a fight against the Islamic State is being incredibly violent at the moment you have to, and the next minute being able to deal with civilians.”
Note:
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, “Falcons” is an Airborne Infantry Brigade capable of deploying anywhere in the world on short notice (48-72 hours) to accomplish any mission.