U.S. Paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry
Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Italian Army Forces,
from 8th Genio Guastatori, Legnago Verona, Folgore Brigade
conduct Rock Hammer Exercise in the night with the
Deployable Instrumentation System Europe (DISE) at Cao
Malnisio Range, Pordenone, Italy in January 2019.
Exercise Rock Hammer is a bilateral training exercise
between U.S. Soldiers assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade and
the Italian Armed Forces, focused on small-unit tactics and
building interoperability between allied forces. The 173rd
Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force
in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in
the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of
responsibility.
U.S. Army video by Paolo Bovo
Training Support Activity Europe
