U.S. Army Spc. Robert Smedley, left, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Stewart, both assigned to the 18th Field Artillery Brigade, 188th Brigade Support Battalion from Fort Bragg, N.C., secure a military vehicle onto the Logistics Naval Vessel Cape Decision during Exercise Dragon Lifeline Aug. 7, 2019, at the Federal Law enforcement Training Center in Charleston, S.C. The exercise provided military personnel with experience needed to support rapid deployment operations across air, land, rail and sea. JB Charleston helps to provide rapid global deployment of personnel and equipment to deployed locations across the globe. The annual exercise is just one of the critical readiness exercises the DOD conducts to maintain a lethal and ready force.