U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
26/07/2024 | News release | Archived content
U.S., Italian Soldiers Ascend Alpine Heights
Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Mountain Warfare School personnel, West Point cadets and Italian army counterparts took on the Palestra di Roccia Landro climb in the Dolomites, Italy, June 13, 2024.
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Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, soldiers assigned to Mountain Warfare School and cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at Westpoint, check their equipment during the Basic Climbing Course with the 6th Alpini Regiment Brunico at Palestra di Roccia Scheweg-Franchi in the Dolomites, Italy, June 11, 2024. The paratroopers learned survival and trekking skills in an austere environment as part of a series of planned training events to enhance readiness and build allied interoperability between U.S. and Italian forces.
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Team Triumph
Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, soldiers assigned to Mountain Warfare School and cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at Westpoint, climb Palestra di Roccia Landro in the Dolomites during the Basic Climbing Course, Dobbiaco, Italy, June 11, 2024. The paratroopers learned survival and trekking skills in an austere environment as part of a series of planned training events to enhance readiness and build allied interoperability between U.S. and Italian forces.
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Alpine Heights
A paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade climbs Palestra di Roccia Landro in the Dolomites during the Basic Climbing Course, Brunico, Italy, June 11, 2024. The paratroopers learned survival and trekking skills in an austere environment as part of a series of planned training events to enhance readiness and build allied interoperability between U.S. and Italian forces.
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The training initiative, which included lessons in survival techniques and trekking, enhanced operational readiness and fostered stronger cooperation between American and Italian forces.
Knot Practice
An Army paratrooper checks his equipment during final test of a basic climbing course in Brunico, Italy, June 11, 2024. The paratroopers learned survival and trekking skills in an austere environment as part of a series of planned training events to enhance readiness and build allied interoperability between U.S. and Italian forces.
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Watchful Climb
Army paratroopers, soldiers and cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at Westpoint, climb Palestra di Roccia Landro in the Dolomites during the final test of a basic climbing course in Brunico, Italy, June 13, 2024. The paratroopers learned survival and trekking skills as part of a series of planned training events to enhance readiness and build allied interoperability between U.S. and Italian forces.
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As the Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, the 173rd Airborne Brigade stands ready to deploy rapidly across the U.S. European, Africa and Central commands' areas of responsibility.
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