Local officials from the German communities surrounding the Grafenwoehr Training Area visit exercise Combined Resolve II in Grafenwoehr, June 20, 2014. The officials included Andreas Meier, county commissioner for Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab, Edgar Knobloch, first mayor of Grafenwöhr, and Werner Walberer, first mayor of Pressath. Combined Resolve II, an U.S. Army Europe-directed multinational exercise at the Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, including more than 4,000 participants from 15 allied and partner countries. The exercise is the first time a U.S. Army rotational force will use the European Activity Set, a set of armored vehicles and equipment prepositioned in Grafenwoehr – including the most up-to-date versions of the M1A2 Abrams tanks and M2/M3 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles - for live-fire training in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)