Earlier this week, 4,800 soldiers from 11 NATO nations converged on Germany’s Hohenfels Training Area for “Swift Response 15,” the largest allied airborne drills since the end of Cold War, which will continue until September 13. The NATO allies will be training in various locations in Germany and Bulgaria, “to integrate multiple Allied nations’ high-readiness forces to operate as a cohesive team and demonstrate the Alliance’s capacity to rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe,” according to a statement from the US Army. Forces from the Netherlands,Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, …read more
Source: Business Insider
