U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Stewart, a motor transport operator assigned to the 18th Field Artillery Brigade, 188th Brigade Support Battalion from Fort Bragg, N.C., directs army vehicles onto Logistics Naval Vessel Cape Decision during Exercise Dragon Lifeline Aug. 7, 2019, at the Federal Law enforcement Training Center in Charleston, 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., 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.