A U.S. Soldier, right, of 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade instructs fellow Soldiers on weapons maintenance while conducting defensive operations during exercise Combined Resolve VII at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 3, 2016. Combined Resolve VII is a 7th Army Training Command, U.S. Army Europe-directed exercise, taking place at the Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, Aug. 8 to Sept. 15, 2016. The exercise is designed to train the Army’s regionally allocated forces to the U.S. European Command. Combined R Stock Photo