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By NANCY MONTGOMERY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 11, 2021 VICENZA, Italy — A skydiving accident that killed an Italian-Argentine instructor on Sunday and severely injured a U.S. paratrooper is being investigated by three different authorities, according to media reports and the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Carabinieri overseen by a Vicenza prosecutor have begun one probe and seized the helmet-mounted video camera worn by Skydive Thiene instructor Emiliano Basile, who died in the accident, ...

Massive, Army-led NATO exercise Defender Europe kicks off March 15 M1 Abrams tanks stand ready to be loaded onto American Roll-on Roll-Off Carriers Endurance in Savannah, Ga., in February 2020 for Defender Europe 20. (Pfc. Carlos Cuebas Fantauzzi/Army) One of the largest U.S.-Army led military exercises in decades has kicked off and will run until June, with 28,000 total troops from 27 nations taking part. Defender Europe 2021 will include “nearly simultaneous operations across more than...