Photojournalism is the process of storytelling using the medium of photography as your main storytelling device. While a journalist will use their pen and paper to tell stories, a photojournalist will use their camera to capture the visual representation of a story. In our Photo Of The Day, we have paratroopers assigned with the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. They’re preparing to push forward as they train with their Polish Allies assigned to the Polish 19th Mechanized Brigade during a combined arms live-fire exercise in southeastern Poland, on March 17.

The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is deployed in support of U.S. European Command to assure our NATO Allies in the region and deter any future aggression.

Below: An assistant gunner shouts commands to his M240 gunner while engaging targets during a combined arms live-fire exercise involving paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division and Polish soldiers with the 19th Mechanized Brigade.

Below: A paratrooper from 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division mans his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon as he scans his sector.

Below: Posing for the camera in Poland. U.S. Army Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and Polish Soldiers of the 18th Infantry Division and 19th Mechanized Brigade.

Photos and captions by U.S. Army, Sgt. Garrett Ty Whitfield