# AFN InFocus- 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts Operation Swift Response (966733)

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training at Pabradė Training Area, Lithuania, May 21, 2025, during Swift Response 2025. The training hones small-unit tactics, decision-making, and mission execution in complex urban environments, while reinforcing NATO interoperability in a multinational setting.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward stationed in Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build readiness and strengthen the alliance.

(B-Roll collected by CPT Jessica French).

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Staff Sgt. Brandon White
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AFN_InFocus-_173rd_Airborne_Brigade_conducts_Operation_Swift_Response_(966733).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Staff Sgt. Brandon White
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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