U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Schoonover, right, with the 142nd Airlift Squadron (AS), Delaware Air National Guard, helps U.S. Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and Canadian Army paratroopers with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment prepare for a static line jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 142nd AS over Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, Sept. 5, 2014, during Steadfast Javelin II. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO-led exercise designed to prepare U.S., NATO and international partner forces for unified land operations.