U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Platoon, Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and Bulgarian soldiers, replicating Afghan National Army, conduct a dismounted patrol during a training exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 8, 2012. The U.S. Army's 173rd ABCT, Europe's rapid-reaction force, is conducting a mission rehearsal exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The exercise is designed to develop combat skills, counter-insurgency tactics and the multinational partnerships between the military forces of the U.S., Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.