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Defender Europe

Soldiers assigned to the Apache Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and Slovak soldiers assigned to the 12th Mechanized Battalion, Slovak army, participate in a distinguished visitor’s day performance for Slovak Shield 22 as part of Exercise DEFENDER-Europe 22, at Lest Training Area in Slovakia, May 26, 2022.

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