Spiritual fitness meets physical fitness
The 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team chaplain, Maj. Joshua Byrd of Enid, Oklahoma, leads Thunderbirds on a spiritual fitness hike at the Krekhiv Monastery near Zhovkva, Ukraine on May 27. The training event fostered unit cohesion, increased local cultural awareness and served to improve readiness and resiliency by providing physical activity and helping Soldiers decrease stress and refocus on their purpose. The 45th IBCT is deployed to Ukraine as part of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, an international coalition dedicated to building professionalism within the Ukrainian army and increasing the Ukrainian army's training capacity. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)
