Troops assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment board a C-17 Globemaster III as they deploy in support of Exercise Steadfast Javelin II at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 5, 2014. Steadfast Javelin is a NATO exercise involving over 2,000 troops from 10 nations and focuses on increasing interoperability and synchronizing complex operations between allied air and ground forces.