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Battle Group Poland U.S. combat engineers are taught how to load and prepare a volcano scatterable mine system during the mechanical breaching training near Bemowo Piskie Training Area June 9. Saber Strike 17 is a U.S. Army Europe-led multinational combined forces exercise conducted annually to enhance the NATO alliance throughout the Baltic region and Poland. This year’s exercise includes integrated and synchronized deterrence-oriented training designed to improve interoperability and readiness of the 20 participating nations’ militaries. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kevin Wang/Released)
BALTIC SEA (June 15, 2020) Swedish Navy HSWMS Karlstad (K35) transits in the Baltic Sea during BALTOPS 2020, June 15. BALTOPS is the premier annual maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic region, enhancing flexibility and interoperability among allied and partner nations. (Photo courtesy of the Danish Navy)
U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force practice visit, board, search, and seizure techniques during maritime interoperability training in San Diego Bay Jan. 10, 2015. MIT prepares the MRF for their upcoming deployment by enhancing their combat skills and teaching them techniques for boarding vessels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released)
YAVORIV, Ukraine -- British and Polish soldiers listen to remarks July 8 by Ukrainian Army Maj. Gen. Vyacheslav Nazarkin, Exercise Director for Rapid Trident 2013. Rapid Trident 2013 is a U.S. Army-Europe led, multinational field training and command post exercise occurring at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine July 8 to 19 that involves approximately 1,300 troops from 17 different nations. The exercise is designed to enhance interoperability between forces and promote regional stability and security. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Cole)
YAVORIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian soldiers walk back to the airfield tower July 9 during a multinational-airborne operation. Rapid Trident 2013 is a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational field training and command post exercise occurring at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine July 8-19 that involves approximately 1,300 troops from 17 nations. The exercise is designed to enhance interoperability between forces and promote regional stability and security. (Ukrainian Ministry of Defense photo by Lt. Col. Taras Glen)
VARPALOTA TRAINING AREA, Hungary - Saker Falcon is a multinational training exercise involving roughly 200 Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe's 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, two Dutch Air Assault battalions, and Hungarian military forces. The objectives of the training include enhancing joint combined interoperability with allied and partner nations and preparing participants to operate in a joint, multinational, integrated environment with support from Hungarian governmental agencies. Saker Falcon, underway from April 3 through April 17, reinforces U.S. Army Europe's strategic objectives to increase regional flexibility, preserve and enhance NATO interoperability, and facilitate multinational training. (Royal Netherlands Army photo by Cpl. Zadrach Salampessy)
U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force clear a gas and oil platform during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 16, 2015. MIT prepares the MRF for their upcoming deployment by enhancing their combat skills, and teaching them techniques for boarding vessels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Sgt. Stephen Scroggs from 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment radios in the location an enemy position during an assault on the village of Duzdag here Oct. 13. The mission, part of U.S. Army Europe's exercise Saber Junction, trains U.S. personnel and more than 1800 multinational partners from 18 different nations ensuring multinational interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Salgado)
The Army Academy Band from the Ukrainian Armed Forces performs during the Rapid Trident 2012 opening ceremony held at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine, July 16. Rapid Trident supports interoperability among Ukraine, the United States, NATO and Partnership for Peace member nations. Approximately 1,400 personnel from 16 different nations are participating in the exercise which will consist of multi-national academic course and situational and field training exercises. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brooks Fletcher, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)
AMBERG, Germany -- U.S. Army Europe Soldiers, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, drive their convoy of Stryker vehicles, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, better known as the HMMWVs, and Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks, known as HEMTTs, safely along the Autobahn A-6 during Saber Junction 2012 in the German Oberpfalz in the state of Bavaria on Oct. 26. The U.S. Army Europe's exercise Saber Junction trains U.S. personnel and 1800 multinational partners from 18 nations ensuring multinational interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force.
(U.S. Army photo by Michael Beaton, JMTC Public Affairs/Released)
Polish Army helicopters fly over the Bemowo Piskie Training Area June 16 during DV Day for Saber Strike 17. Lithuanian and Canadian soldiers joined Battle Group Poland's U.S., U.K. and Romanian soldiers and Polish 15th Mechanized Brigade soldiers for Saber Strike 17, a U.S. Army Europe-led multinational combined forces annual exercise. This year’s exercise includes integrated and synchronized deterrence-oriented training designed to improve interoperability and readiness of the militaries of the 20 participating nations throughout the Baltic region and Poland. (U.S. Army photo by Charles Rosemond, Training Support Team Orzysz)
Acting Secretary of the Army Robert Speer meets Stryker crew members from Battle Group Poland during his visit to Bemowo Piskie Training Area near Orzysz, Poland, May 5. Speer, a 28-year Army veteran, talked to the Soldiers about the differences in the European theater now compared to when he served. Speer visited the unique, multinational formation of U.S., U.K. and Romanian soldiers as part of his tour of the U.S. Army Europe theater of operations to reinforce relationships and stress the significance of interoperability with NATO Allies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Patricia Deal/Released)
Members of the German and International media visit U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to Headquarters Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Monday, 15 October, 2012, to video, photograph and interview U.S. and multinational Soldiers during USAREUR's Saber Junction 2012 exercise. The 2 CR Soldiers were in the process of moving their headquarters south towards Hohenfels and were setting up communications outside the Bavarian town of Kleinoberpfalz. HQ Troop, 2 CR, based in Vilseck, Germany, is commanded by Col. Keith Barclay.
The U.S. Army in Europe's exercise Saber Junction trains U.S. personnel and more than 1800 multinational partners from 18 European nations, ensuring interoperability between forces and an agile, ready coalition force. (U.S. Army Photo by Michael Beaton/Released).
U.S. Marine Cpl. Brennan Salazar provides security during interoperability training aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 14, 2014. Salazar is part of the Maritime Raid Force for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and an assistant radio operator with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment, 15th MEU.
Photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht
A U.S. Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force provides security during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 13, 2015. MIT prepares the MRF for their upcoming deployment by enhancing their combat skills, and teaching them techniques for boarding vessels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released)
VARPALOTA TRAINING AREA, Hungary - Saker Falcon is a multinational training exercise involving roughly 200 Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe's 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, two Dutch Air Assault battalions, and Hungarian military forces. The objectives of the training include enhancing joint combined interoperability with allied and partner nations and preparing participants to operate in a joint, multinational, integrated environment with support from Hungarian governmental agencies. Saker Falcon, underway from April 3 through April 17, reinforces U.S. Army Europe's strategic objectives to increase regional flexibility, preserve and enhance NATO interoperability, and facilitate multinational training. (Royal Netherlands Army photo by Cpl. Zadrach Salampessy)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dominique Clerkley, a boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, performs a descent check before landing at Amari Air Base, Estonia on June 3, 2013, during Saber Strike. The KC-1345 provided aerial refueling to A-10C’s assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron during the exercise with the Estonian Air Force and Maryland Air National Guard. Saber Strike 2013 is a multinational exercise involving approximately 2,000 personnel from 14 countries and is designed to improve NATO interoperability and strengthen the relationships between military forces of the U.S., Estonia and other participating nations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hughes)
The flags of the 13 allied and partner nations which participated in Noble Partner 18 are presented during the exercise's closing ceremony at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, Aug. 15, 2018. Noble Partner 18 was a cooperatively-led multinational training exercise in its fourth iteration which supported the training of Georgian Armed Forces' mechanized and Special Operation Forces, U.S. Regionally Aligned Forces, the U.S. Army and Air National Guard from the state of Georgia, and 11 other participating nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kris Bonet)
U.S. Marine Sgt. Nakai Sinohui, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, scouts ahead of an AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 19, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphibious exercise that brings together Marines and sailors from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, other I Marine Expeditionary Force units, and soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, to promote military interoperability and hone individual and small-unit skills through challenging, complex and realistic training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean R. Berry/Released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- U.S. Army Europe soldiers, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, fill up their Camelbak with water during Saber Junction 2012, Oct. 15. The U.S. Army Europe's exercise Saber Junction 2012 trains U.S. personnel and more than 1800 multinational partners from 18 different nations ensuring multinational interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force.
(U.S. Army Europe photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)
Moldovan soldiers advance to the next station during a situational training exercise at Rapid Trident 2012 in Yavoriv, Ukraine, July 18. Rapid Trident is a multinational exercise held at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine. It is designed to promote regional stability and security, strengthen international military partnering and foster trust while improving interoperability between participating nations. (Photo by Warrant Officer Dmitrii Vosimeric, Moldova National Army Public Affairs)
A Battle Group Poland U.S. medic provides care to a casualty during search and rescue training conducted near the Bemowo Piskie Training Area during Saber Strike 17 June 9. Saber Strike 17 is a U.S. Army Europe-led multinational combined forces exercise conducted annually to enhance the NATO alliance throughout the Baltic region and Poland. This year’s exercise includes integrated and synchronized deterrence-oriented training designed to improve interoperability and readiness of the 20 participating nations’ militaries. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jimmy Golden/ Released)
U.S. Army Europe Soldiers, assigned to 2nd Support Troop, of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment recover heavy equipment after a C-17 Globemaster, assigned to Heavy Airlift Wing in Pápa, Hungary dropped supplies near Amberg, Germany during Saber Junction 2012, Oct. 17. The U.S. Army Europe's exercise Saber Junction trains U.S. personnel and more than 1800 multinational partners from 18 different nations ensuring multinational interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force.
(U.S. Army Europe photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)
A U.S. Marine with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, provides security while conducting raid training with soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 7, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphibious exercise that brings together Marines and sailors from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, other I Marine Expeditionary Force units, and soldiers from the JGSDF, to promote military interoperability and hone individual and small-unit skills through challenging, complex and realistic training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emmanuel Ramos/Released)
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YAVORIV, Ukraine -- Dancers perform traditional Ukrainian entertainment during the opening ceremony of Exercise Rapid Trident July 8. Rapid Trident 2013 is a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational field training and command post exercise occurring at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine July 8-19 that involves approximately 1,300 troops from 17 nations. The exercise is designed to enhance interoperability between forces and promote regional stability and security. (Ukrainian Ministry of Defense photo by Lt. Col. Taras Gren)
Battle Group Poland U.S. Soldiers pull security in case of an ambush during the.
Saber Strike 2017 exercise, at the Bemowo Piskie Training Area near Orzysz, Poland, June 15, 2017. Saber Strike 17 is a U.S. Army Europe-led multinational combined forces exercise conducted annually to enhance the NATO Alliance throughout the Baltic region and Poland. This year's exercise includes integrated and synchronized deterrence-oriented training designed to improve interoperability and readiness of the 20 participating nations' militaries. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Stefan English)
Estonian Air Force Lt. Col. Arvo Palumäe speaks with U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Kelly, Commander 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, before his incentive flight in an Estonia Air Force L-39 Fighter Aircraft during Sabre Strike at Amari Air Base, Estonia on June 6, 2013. Saber Strike 2013 is a multinational exercise involving approximately 2,000 personnel from 14 countries and is designed to improve NATO interoperability and strengthen the relationships between military forces of the U.S., Estonia and other participating nations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hughes)
U.S. Soldiers pull security at the Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Bemowo Piskie, in Poland, on June 15, 2017. Saber Strike 17 is a U.S. Army Europe-led multinational combined forces exercise conducted annually to enhance the NATO Alliance throughout the Baltic region and Poland. This year's exercise includes integrated and synchronized deterrence-oriented training designed to improve interoperability and readiness of the 20 participating nations' militaries. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samuel Brooks)
Lithuanian soldiers maneuver near the Bemowo Piskie Training Area during Saber Strike 17 June 15. Lithuanian and Canadian soldiers joined Battle Group Poland's U.S., U.K. and Romanian soldiers and Polish 15th Mechanized Brigade soldiers for Saber Strike 17, a U.S. Army Europe-led multinational combined forces annual exercise. This year’s exercise includes integrated and synchronized deterrence-oriented training designed to improve interoperability and readiness of the militaries of the 20 participating nations throughout the Baltic region and Poland. (U.S. Army photo by Georgios Moumoulidis , Training Support Team Orzysz)
Soldiers from the Polish Army stand in formation during the Rapid Trident 2012 opening ceremony held at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine, July 16. Rapid Trident supports interoperability among Ukraine, the United States, NATO and Partnership for Peace member nations. Approximately 1,400 personnel from 16 different nations are participating in the exercise which will consist of multi-national academic course and situational and field training exercises. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brooks Fletcher, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)
Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and the British 16 Air Assault Brigade conduct an airborne operation at Holland Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 17, 2015. The jump certified the British paratroopers to conduct a joint forcible entry operation for the Combined Joint Operational Access Exercise led by 2nd BCT in April. The CJOAX represents a major milestone in the Division’s interoperability program which seeks to create a seamless integration of a U.K. brigade into the Division and build operational compatibilities for multinational crisis response options. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull/Released)
Marines with the 3rd Bn., 23rd Marine Regiment demonstrate for Ghanaian Soldiers how to provide cover for each other and their area of operations during Exercise Western Accord 14, June 19, near Camp Thies, Senegal. The unit trained Soldiers from different nations in various techniques and procedures for searching and detaining internally displaced personnel. Exercise Western Accord is a U.S. Africa Command sponsored annual joint training partnership exercise between the United States, the Economic Community of West African States and partner nations. The exercise is designed to increase interoperability between military forces and ensure the common ability to conduct peace operations throughout western Africa. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. V. Michelle Woods)
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YAVORIV, Ukraine -- Dancers perform traditional Ukrainian entertainment during the opening ceremony of Exercise Rapid Trident July 8. Rapid Trident 2013 is a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational field training and command post exercise occurring at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine July 8-19 that involves approximately 1,300 troops from 17 nations. The exercise is designed to enhance interoperability between forces and promote regional stability and security. (Ukrainian Ministry of Defense photo by Lt. Col. Taras Gren)
U.S. Ambassador to Estonia Jeffrey Levine asks U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Chris Kelly, a crew chief for the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, about the A-10C Thunderbolt II assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, on his visit to Amari Air Base, Estonia on June 7, 2013, during Saber Strike. Saber Strike 2013 is a multinational exercise involving approximately 2,000 personnel from 14 countries and is designed to improve NATO interoperability and strengthen the relationships between military forces of the U.S., Estonia and other participating nations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hughes)
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KORAT ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE BASE, Thailand (March 3. 2017) - U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James McFarland, exercise director for the U.S. Air Force greets Royal Thai air force (RTAF) Air Chief Mashal Surasak Toongtong, Chief of the Air Staff for the RTAF during his arrival to the closing ceremony for Cope Tiger 17 at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base. The annual multilateral exercise is aimed at improving combined combat readiness and interoperability between the Republic of Singapore air force, Royal Thai air force, and U.S. Air Force, while concurrently enhancing the three nations' military relations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kamaile Chan) 170331-F-QA288-0003
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Soldiers with the British 3rd Battalion, the Mercian Regiment, based in Fallingbostel, Germany, load charges into a Challenger 2 tank crew during a weapons qualifying range at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area before taking part in Saber Junction here Oct. 15. The mission is part of U.S. Army Europe's exercise Saber Junction which trains U.S. personnel and more than 1800 multinational partners from 18 different nations ensuring multinational interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Salgado)
ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (Sept. 30, 2015) U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit provide security on a ridge alongside soldiers with the French 5th Overseas Combined Arms Regiment (RIAOM) during a desert survival course. Elements of the 15th MEU are training with the 5th RIAOM in Djibouti in order to improve interoperability between the MEU and the French military. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Steve H. Lopez/Released)
A convoy of U.S. Army Europe's 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment moves through the German countryside near Grafenwoehr, Germany, during Saber Junction 2012, Oct. 15. The U.S. Army in Europe's exercise Saber Junction trains U.S. personnel and more than 1800 multinational partners from 18 European nations, ensuring interoperability between forces and an agile, ready coalition force. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
A Bulgarian Air Force pilot discusses an upcoming combat search and rescue mission during exercise Saber Guardian 17 with a member of A Company, 2-10 Assault Helicopter Battalion, at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on July 10. Effective planning and understanding of how each side operates ensures successful missions and that interoperability between NATO Allies is being built. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Thomas Scaggs) 170710-A-TZ475-080
VARPALOTA TRAINING AREA, Hungary - Saker Falcon is a multinational training exercise involving roughly 200 Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe's 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, two Dutch Air Assault battalions, and Hungarian military forces. The objectives of the training include enhancing joint combined interoperability with allied and partner nations and preparing participants to operate in a joint, multinational, integrated environment with support from Hungarian governmental agencies. Saker Falcon, underway from April 3 through April 17, reinforces U.S. Army Europe's strategic objectives to increase regional flexibility, preserve and enhance NATO interoperability, and facilitate multinational training. (Royal Netherlands Army photo by Cpl. Zadrach Salampessy)
U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force practice visit, board, search and seizure techniques during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 13, 2015. MIT prepares the MRF for their upcoming deployment by enhancing their combat skills, and teaching them techniques for boarding vessels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released)
AQABA, Jordan (May 27, 2014) Marines with Motor Transportation Maintenance Company, 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, assemble an armored truck during Exercise Eager Lion 2014, at the Port of Aqaba. Eager Lion is a recurring, multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships, increase interoperability between partner nations and enhance regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Laura Gauna/Released)
170808-N-KB401-242 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 8, 2017) Left to right, Royal Navy Duke-class frigate HMS Westminster (F 237), Royal Navy Duke-class frigate HMS Iron Duke (F 234), Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), Royal Norwegian Navy frigate Helge Ingstad (F 313), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), and guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) sail in formation during exercise Saxon Warrior 2017, Aug.8. Saxon Warrior is a United States and United Kingdom co-hosted carrier strike group exercise that demonstrates interoperability and capability to respond to crises and deter potential threats. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael B. Zingaro/Released)
A Polish army Rosomak armored personnel carrier, or "Wolverine," with the 12th Mechanized Brigade, fords water during the Allied Spirit VIII training exercise at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 25, 2018. Allied Spirit VIII is a multinational exercise with over 4,100 participants from the U.S. and nine other nations that is designed to enhance interoperability and readiness across war-fighting functions. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Hubert D. Delany III / 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Captain Mark Crimaldi and 1st Lieutenant Bryan Rodman of the 4th Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, discuss a change of mission while out on patrol near the German City of Hahnbach during exercise Saber Junction 2012, Oct. 15. The U.S. Army in Europe's exercise Saber Junction trains U.S. personnel and more than 1800 multinational partners from 18 European nations, ensuring interoperability between forces and an agile, ready coalition force. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Staff Sgt. Pablo N. Piedra/Released)
Observers from the U.S. and Serbian Army Soldier watch as Serbian troops prepare to conduct a squad engagment exercise during Rapid Trident 2012 in Yavoriv, Ukraine, July 17. Rapid Trident supports interoperability among Ukraine, the United States, NATO and Partnership for Peace member nations. Approximately 1,400 personnel from 16 different nations are participating in the exercise which will consist of multi-national academic course and situational and field training exercises. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brooks Fletcher, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 transport Marines on MV-22B Ospreys from San Clemente Island to Camp Pendleton, Calif., during Exercise Iron Fist 2014, Feb. 15, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphibious exercise that brings together Marines and Sailors from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, other I Marine Expeditionary Force units, and soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, to promote military interoperability and hone individual and small-unit skills through challenging, complex and realistic training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean R. Berry/Released)
Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Rasmusson, a machine gunner with the 3rd Bn., 23rd Marine Regiment, points to the direction of potential enemy fire to Ghanaian Soldiers during Exercise Western Accord 14, June 19, near Camp Thies, Senegal. The unit trained Soldiers from different nations in various techniques and procedures for searching and detaining internally displaced personnel. Exercise Western Accord is a U.S. Africa Command sponsored annual joint training partnership exercise between the United States, the Economic Community of West African States and partner nations. The exercise is designed to increase interoperability between military forces and ensure the common ability to conduct peace operations throughout western Africa. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. V. Michelle Woods)
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