Photos by Spc. Samuel Signor
21st Theater Sustainment Command September 15, 2023
Military Cargo dropped from a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules lands on a drop zone located in Marnewaard, Netherlands, as a part of exercise Falcon Leap 2023, Sep. 5. The purpose of this phase of Falcon Leap is to demonstrate joint aerial tactical resupply capabilities. This is accomplished by conducting rigging operations with multi-national partners and controlling drop zones with 5th Quartermaster, 16th Special Troops Battalion and Dutch Pathfinder Company, 11th Air Maneuver Brigade. Falcon Leap 23 is a Royal Dutch Military- led, multinational, joint technical airborne exercise designed to enhance interoperability of participating NATO airborne forces and aircrews in personnel and equipment parachuting operations in Arnhem, Netherlands, from Sep. 2-17. Falcon Leap is NATO’s largest technical airborne exercise which will also include ceremonies commemorating the 79th anniversary of Operation Market Garden.
(Left) U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Dicandia, malfunctions officer, 5th Quartermaster, 16th Special Troops Battalion, speaks to Dutch Army Sgt. 1st Class Gerben Korevaar, group commander, Netherlands Pathfinder Company, 11th Air Maneuver Brigade, regarding cargo drops around Drop Zone Marnewaard, Netherlands, as a part of exercise Falcon Leap 2023, Sep. 5.
Dutch and U.S. Army Soldiers repack a parachute into a bag after a tactical cargo drop on Marnewaard Drop Zone within the Netherlands, as a part of exercise Falcon Leap 2023, Sep. 5.
Military cargo dropped from a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules lands on a drop zone located in Marnewaard, Netherlands, as a part of exercise Falcon Leap 2023, Sep. 5. The purpose of this phase of Falcon Leap is to demonstrate joint aerial tactical resupply capabilities.
U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Dicandia, malfunctions officer, 5th Quartermaster, 16th Special Troops Battalion, checks his range finder for distance at Drop Zone Marnewaard, Netherlands, for the tactical cargo drop, as a part of joint exercise Falcon Leap 2023, Sep. 5.
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