Paratroopers with Alpha Company, 11th Infantry Battalion, Royal Netherlands Army, participate in a Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX) with U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 13, 2014. A JOAX is designed to enhance cohesiveness between U.S. Army, Air Force and allied personnel, allowing the services an opportunity to properly execute large-scale heavy equipment and troop movement. The exercise was part of an interoperability effort focused on what situations the 3rd Brigade Combat Team might encounter as the Global Response Force for the U.S. Army.