Jumping at night into a foreign country while working with international allies and following COVID-19 guidelines is how paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne Division are spending their next few weeks.
Airborne soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, jumped into Estonia beginning late Thursday night and into early Friday morning as part of a multinational joint exercise known as Swift Response 21.
Swift Response is an exercise involving multiple European partners while showcasing the ability to deploy forces on short notice across the Atlantic.
The Fort Bragg paratroopers aren’t alone for the training exercise.
The division’s headquarters commanded the exercise from Romania and is also overseeing the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s jump into Bulgaria between Sunday and Monday, and the Polish 6th Airborne Brigade’s jump into Romania on Monday.