Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Royal Canadian Regiment and Italian Folgore Brigade jump from U.S. Air Force C-130s into Lielvarde Airbase, 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 ground forces through airborne and air assault missions.