North Africa Response Force Mission Readiness Exercise

8:29 AM10/7/2021

Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, conduct readiness training during the North Africa Response Force Mission Readiness Exercise at Aviano Air Base, Italy. NARFs test the no-notice deployment capability of U.S. Africa Command’s North and West Africa Response Force, made up of elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, U.S. Marines and service members from the U.S. Air Force's 37th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Semaj Johnson)