U.S., Canadian and Italian paratroopers drop onto Lielvarde Airbase for a night time airfield seizure during NATO Exercise Steadfast Javelin II at Lielvarde, Latvia, Sept. 5, 2014. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO exercise involving over 2,000 troops from 10 nations, and takes place across Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The exercise focuses on increasing interoperability and synchronizing complex operations between allied air and ground forces through airborne and air assault missions. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Walter Talens/Released)