U.S. Army Soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., direct a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle onto a rail system during Exercise Dragon Lifeline Aug. 7, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston’s Naval Weapons Station, S.C. The deployment readiness exercise combined the capabilities of service members from Fort Bragg, N.C., Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and focused on the rapid deployment of equipment, vehicles and personnel. Participants shared knowledge and tested their efficiency in moving assets by air, land, rail and sea during the training event. The annual exercise is just one of the critical readiness exercises the DOD conducts to maintain a lethal and ready force.