U.S. Soldiers of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division prepare to fire an M109A6 Paladin howitzer during exercise Combined Resolve III at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Nov. 6, 2014. Combined Resolve III is a multinational exercise, which includes more than 4,000 participants from NATO and partner nations, and is designed to provide a complex training scenario that focuses on multinational unified land operations and reinforces the U.S. commitment to NATO and Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carol A. Lehman/Released)