Through the Eyes of a Paratrooper: 173rd Airborne Jumps in Ukraine during Rapid Trident 2011

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Staff Sgt. Travis Surber, a native of Franklin County, VA and a paratrooper with the 173rd Brigade Combat Team's Battle Company of the 2nd Battalion 503rd Infantry Regiment parachutes out of a C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft and into the Ukraine sky. This marks the first time the "Sky Soldiers" of the 173rd have jumped in Ukraine and they'll be training and conducting multinational airborne operations, a situational training exercise and a field training exercise here through 5 Aug. as part of Rapid Trident 2011.

Rapid Trident 2011 is a U.S. Army Europe led, multi-national exercise taking place at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine. It is designed to promote regional stability and security, strengthen international military partnering and foster trust while improving interoperability between participating nations.

Rapid Trident 2011 involves approximately 1,600 personnel. In addition to the U.S. Army Europe and Ukraine, participants include: Latvia, Belarus, Moldova, Slovenia, Canada, Poland, Serbia, the UK, Lithuania, Estonia, California and Utah National Guard and U.S. Air Force Europe.

Rapid Trident supports interoperability among Ukraine, the United States, NATO and Partnership for Peace member nations. This exercise will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, integrated environment with host- nation support from civil and governmental agencies.

Rapid Trident is a part of U.S. European Command's Joint Training and Exercise Program, designed to enhance joint combined interoperability with allied and partner nations.

The exercise also supports Ukraine's Annual National Program to achieve interoperability with NATO and commitments made in the annual NATO-Ukraine work plan.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is one of the U.S. Army's most highly decorated units having particularly distinguished itself during the Vietnam War and having produced fifteen Congressional Medal of Honor recipients including Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.

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Video shot with GoPro Helmet Camera courtesy of EUCOM Combat Camera Army Spc. Neil Stanfield. Editing by Jesse Granger, Producer, U.S. Army Europe OCPA.

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[MEZZY650]

How do u get assigned europe? Especially netherland??

[USArmyEurope]

@MEZZY650 Talk to your career counselor. Good luck! :)

[Armystrongsocal]

Actually it was 1500 ft. I jumped out of the other door 5th man.

[USArmyEurope]

@Armystrongsocal Thanks!

[sharkb8er]

what was the altitude? Seems a lot higher than 800 ft.

I loved flying and jumping out of the C-130!

[USArmyEurope]

@sharkb8er We're told it was close to 1200 ft. Thanks for viewing!

[PARATROOPERGEE]

How about some noise discipline in the air you douchbag. 173 is an embarrassment in so many ways, and this is just one more.

[11USArmyB]

@USArmyEurope So for me to get stationed in Italy would I have to talk to the counselor at MEPS before BCT or after? (I have not left for BCT yet)

[BookerT48]

@jjwhipey Hey, how ya making out? I saw ur post, hope ur ok, you must be young huh? Keep ur powder dry and ur shit wired TIGHT. Godspeed troop..

[BookerT48]

Couldn't ask for a better DZ!! Nice soft grass, wow a dream. Most static line jumps are usually 1200 to 1500 ft, and damn you boys in Italy sure do get around. Ukraine? LOL!! The Russians must love that. It would like them landing in Northern Mexico. FUCK EM!! GO AIRBORNE!!

[killerNC17]

glad to see our boys stayin classic. 82nd HOOAH!

[JaredGober]

Good days of Airborne Operations in Europe! I miss it!! Airborne!!!

[Darkmanskin]

LOL @ 1:25. I use to say the same thing. LOL ! Landings hurt.

[norcaltke857]

hahahahahaha good stuff.

[jjwhipey]

in airborne school right now cant wait till jump week

[certifiedbomber]

i got offered an airborne/RASP contract 2 weeks before i graduated infantry OSUT. i cant wait to go airborne!