British and Polish paratroopers listen to the pre-jump briefing Sept. 17 before the first combined airborne operation commemorating the 71st anniversary of Operation Market Garden. Paratroopers from seven nations demonstrated interoperability through airborne operations using other nations’ equipment. The jump was part of a series of combined airborne operations and ceremonies to commemorate Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in history, taking place over Sept. 17-20, 1944. Approximately 1,000 paratroopers from the Netherlands, U.S., Germany, Italy, Belgium, Poland and the U.K. participated in the anniversary. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Hannah Morgan, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, United States Army-Europe)
<dl><dd>Unit: 173rd Airborne Brigade</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Germany; NATO; United Kingdom; memorial; Italy; multinational; 16th Sustainment Brigade; the Netherlands; anniversary; Belgium; Poland; 173rd Airborne Brigade; WWII; paratrooper; Airborne; Operation Market Garden</dd></dl>
1st Lt. Hannah Morgan
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