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Poland Prep

A soldier assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment conducts vehicle preparation procedures during Phase II of Exercise Defender-Europe 20 at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland, July 20, 2020. The deployment exercise is designed to build strategic readiness in support of the U.S. National Defense Strategy and NATO deterrence objectives. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was modified in size and scope. Phase I was linked to Exercise Allied Spirit, which took place June 5-19 with about 6,000 U.S. and Polish soldiers. In Phase II of the modified exercise, a U.S.-based combined arms battalion is conducting an emergency deployment readiness exercise to Europe that is scheduled to end Aug. 22.

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