Soldiers with Archer Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, load their assigned M777A2 Howitzer before firing during the live-fire exercise Saber Junction 21 Sept. 1, 2021, in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. The U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed exercise is designed to assess the readiness of units under 7th Army Training Command to conduct unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating Allies and partner nations.