U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), board a 12th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook during a combined-arms live-fire exercise, March 28, 2014 in Grafenwoehr, Germany. The combined-arms live-fire exercise was conducted at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas in order to prepare the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade to deploy to Afghanistan to provide medical evacuation and combat support to the NATO International Security Assistance Force mission. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)