Soldiers reach up to hook a M777 howitzer to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during slingload operation part of Dynamic Front 18 at an airfield near Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 6, 2018. The soldiers are assigned to Battery B, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment. The helicopter crew is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division’s Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade. Dynamic Front is an annual U.S. Army Europe exercise focused on the interoperability of Army, joint service and allied nation artillery and fire support in a multinational environment. Army photo by Sgt. Gregory T. Summers