Jump Week

U.S. military members along with service memebers from five other NATO nations watch their comrades parachute over a drop zone during International Jump Week in Marnheim, Germany, Aug. 10, 2011. Six NATO countries participated in the annual event to support one of U.S. Air Forces in Europe's top priorities; building partnership capacity. More than 200 U.S. and NATO service members participated in the week-long training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kendra Alba)

Jump Week

German army Master Sgt. Falko Stadler, Airborne Unit 313, Seedorf, Germany, recovers his gear after a free-fall jump during International Jump Week in Marnheim, Germany, Aug. 10, 2011. Six NATO countries participated in the annual event to support one of U.S. Air Forces in Europe's top priorities; building partnership capacity. More than 200 U.S. and NATO jumpers participated in the week-long training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kendra Alba)

Jump Week

Gear used by U.S. and NATO service members lay near the designated drop zone during International Jump Week in Marnheim, Germany, Aug. 10, 2011. Six NATO countries participated in the annual event to support one of United States Air Forces in Europe's top priorities; building partnership capacity. More than 200 U.S. and NATO jumpers participated in the week-long training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kendra Alba)

Jump Week 2011

U.S. military members along with service members from five other NATO countries parachute off a C-130 Hercules over a drop zone during International Jump Week in Marnheim, Germany, Aug. 10, 2011. Six NATO countries participated in the annual event to support one of United States Air Forces in Europe's top priorities; building partnership capacity. More than 200 U.S. and NATO jumpers participated in the week-long training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kendra Alba)

Jump Week

A U.S. military member parachutes from a C-130 Hercules, toward a designated drop zone during International Jump Week, Aug. 10, 2011 in Marnheim, Germany. Six NATO countries participated in the annual event to support one of United States Air Forces in Europe's top priorities; building partnership capacity. More than 200 U.S. and NATO servicememebers participated in the week-long training, which included four Airmen who jumped for the first time since airborne school. "It seems as the airborne community is the same everywhere; gung-ho, ready to get the job done, whatever the mission," said Airman 1st Class Hutch Stilgenbauer, 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron tactical air control party specialist. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kendra Alba)

Beefy

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kenneth Willis, 786th Civil Engineer Squadron, uses a sledge hammer to move a Kaiser sled during a Primary Base Expeditionary Engineer Force competition, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 5, 2011. The competition consisted of eight stations representing each of the 12 career fields providing Airmen from the 86th Civil Engineer Group the opportunity to understand how their mission coincides in a forward operating location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kendra Alba)