U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jermaine Mathis of Delta Troop,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jermaine Mathis of Delta Troop, 1-91 Cavalry, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, retrieves Meals, Ready to Eat after a supply drop during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, March 9, 2012. The U.S. Army's 173rd ABCT, Europe's rapid reaction force, is conducting a mission rehearsal exercise at the JMRC in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The exercise is designed to develop combat skills, counterinsurgency tactics and the multinational partnerships between the military forces of the U.S., Albania, Bosnia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.