A U.S. Soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team listens to a safety brief before starting a convoy during exercise Rapid Trident 2014 in Yavoriv, Ukraine, Sept. 22, 2014. Rapid Trident is an annual joint combined exercise involving the U.S. and Partnership for Peace member nations. Missions alternate in odd and even years. In odd years Rapid Trident is a field exercise, while in even years the exercise incorporates a command post exercise.