A paratrooper from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, scans the skies while aboard a CH-47 Chinook, Fort Bragg, N.C., July 15. The Chinooks were used for Operation Federal Eagle, an annual event led by the German army to promote friendship and military partnership. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Freeman/ 82nd CAB PAO)