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YAMATO, KUMAMOTO, Japan (Dec. 1, 2014) - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. 1st Class Yatsuka Ikeda, left, helps U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Timothy Babcock set up the American flag before the opening ceremony for Forest Light 15-1 at the Oyanohara Training Area. Forest Light demonstrates the continued commitment of the U.S. and Japan to increase interoperability of our armed forces and maintain a strong partnership to protect Japan from external aggression. Ikeda is with 42nd Regiment, 8th Division, Western Army, JGSDF. Babcock, from Port Austin, Michigan, is company first sergeant with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drew Tech) 141201-M-GX711-059
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A Romanian soldier assigned to the Romanian Land Forces, trys out an M110 semi-automatic sniper system, during a display by Troopers assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, showing the weaponry that they are assigned and use while training, after participating in the opening ceremony for Wind Spring 2015 at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Apr. 16, 2015. The Wind Spring 2015 exercise is aimed at maintaining and increasing interoperability between NATO Allies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner/released)
U.S. Navy Sailors and Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force drive Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 12, 2015. MIT prepares the 15th MEU's 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)
U.S. Marine Sgt. Zack Ray prepares to engage targets from a helicopter during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 13, 2015. Ray is a slackman with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force. MIT prepares the MRF for their upcoming deployment by enhancing their combat skills and teaching them techniques for boarding and taking over vessels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/Released)
Lance Cpl. Mina S. Gadelkarim engages upon targets using a M107 .50 Caliber Special Application Scoped Rifle as part of an unknown distance qualification range August 18 at Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, during Exercise Koolendong 14. The range focused on increasing scout sniper's long range precision firing capabilities. The Marines challenged themselves with the M40 A5, M110 SASS and the M107 SASR. The SASR is used as an anti-material weapon, which can shoot effectively from up to 1,000 meters away. Marines are with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and are currently deployed in part of the Marine Rotational Force Darwin. The rotational deployment of U.S. Marines affords an unprecedented combined training opportunity with their Australian allies, and improves interoperability with their forces. Gadelkarim, a Campbell, Texas native, is a rifleman assigned to the platoon. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joey S. Holeman, Jr./ Released)
170808-N-KB401-637 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 8, 2017) From left to right, the 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), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), and Ticonderoga-class 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 U.S. Army Europe Soldier, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, scans the battlefield during Saber Junction 2012 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 25. 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 Europe photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)
Battle Group Poland U.S. Soldiers practice a variety of combat casualty care tasks such as how to control bleeding, treat fractures and evacuate casualties using various buddy-carrying and litter techniques near the Bemowo Piskie Training Area during Saber Strike 17 June 9, 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 Charles Rosemond, Training Support Team Orzysz)
U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force clear a gas and oil platform during maritime interoperability training aboard the platform Hogan, Santa Barbara County, Calif., Jan. 16, 2015. MIT prepares the 15th MEU's 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)
Troopers assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, begin to stage their vehicles and equipment as the prepare to conduct preventive maintenance, checks and services after arriving in the Slovak Republic during Dragoon Crossing, a tactical road march starting out at Rose Barracks, Germany and continuing through the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic ending in Hungary on Sept. 15, 2015. The purpose of the exercise is to reassure NATO Allies of the U.S. intent during Operation Atlantic Resolve while demonstrating interoperability and freedom of movement throughout Eastern Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner/released)
U.S. Army Europe Soldiers, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, scan the battlefield during Saber Junction 2012 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 25. 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 Europe photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)
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)
A U.S. Soldier of the Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment scans his sector of fire while reacting to a road obstacle during exercise Saber Junction 15 at the U.S. Army, Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, April 12, 2015. Saber Junction 15 prepares NATO and partner nation forces for offensive, defensive, and stability operations and promotes interoperability among participants. Saber Junction 15 has more than 4,700 participants from 17 countries, to include: Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the U.S. More at www.eur.army.mil/SaberJunction. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gemma Iglesias)
Ambassador Phillip Carter, III, deputy to the commander for civil-military engagement, and Ambassador Donald Koran, U.S. Africa Command Director, Office of Outreach, greet Maj. Gen. Salim Mustafa Kijuu, land force commander of the Tanzanian People's Defence Force, during of a Command Sponsored Visit coordinated by U.S. Army Africa on behalf of the U.S. Army. Command Sponsored Visits bring together senior land force commanders from nations around the world to discuss mutual security concerns and to increase interoperability. USARAF hosted the annual Gender Mainstreaming Seminar in Tanzania in May of this year and will conduct the African Land Forces Summit and the Eastern Accord 16 exercise in Tanzania next year. These visits help build partnerships over time and across echelons, the key concept behind USARAF's African Horizons strategy. (U.S. Army Africa photo)
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A U.S. Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force provides security during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 16, 2015. MIT prepares the 15th MEU's 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)
Pfc. Jacob Eye, fire support specialist with Attack Co., 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, sorts through ammunition during a range June 16, in Senegal Africa. Eye’s unit is supporting Exercise Western Accord. 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, held in Senegal this year, 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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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)
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 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)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- A Soldier from 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment becomes a simulated casualty following an attempt to breach the perimeter of Duzdag during an assault on the village 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)
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)
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)
Visiting African air force members tour the New Jersey Army National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility during an AFRICOM conference at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 31, 2015. The African Partnership Flight visit to the Facility is part of a U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa program, which includes military representatives from Angola, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia that emphasized increased maintenance and logistics knowledge and procedures. The program was created to conduct regional military to military events with African air forces to build aviation capacity, enhance regional cooperation and increase interoperability. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
Capt. Barry Owens, the National Guard Bureau Air Guard competitive events liaison assigned to the Marksmanship Training Center, participates as a member of the Canadian Armed Forces Combat Shooting Team during the Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting April 27, 2017, at Camp Joseph T. Robinson. Ark. Owens volunteered to be a member of the team, highlighting the importance of joint interoperability. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jessica Condit)
Sgt. Anibal Figueroa, a combat engineer assigned to Regimental Engineer Sqaudron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, who directly supports 2nd Squadron, takes a picture of a Romanian M1981-152mm towed howitzer, during the static display portion of the opening ceremony for Wind Spring 2015 at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Apr. 16, 2015. The Wind Spring 2015 exercise is aimed at maintaining and increasing interoperability between NATO Allies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner/released)
U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force fast-rope onto 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)
British soldiers (left,) assigned to the Coldstream Guards, take a look at an M4 carbine rifle while a Romanian soldier (right,) assigned to the Romanian Land Forces, takes a look at an M110 semi-automatic sniper system, during a display by Troopers assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, showing the weaponry that they are assigned and use while training, after participating in the opening ceremony for Wind Spring 2015 at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Apr. 16, 2015. The Wind Spring 2015 exercise is aimed at maintaining and increasing interoperability between NATO Allies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner/released)
Two Stryker Combat Vehicles (top,) belonging to 2nd Squadron 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conduct tactical maneuvers and operations in conjunction with Romanian TR-85 Main Battle Tanks (middle to bottom,) while participating in a multinational combined arms demonstration during an Exercise Wind Spring Distinguished Visitor's event at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Apr. 18, 2015. The purpose of the event was to demonstrate interoperability between NATO Allies, while also allowing members of the Romanian government, along with British military leadership, to watch as the units worked and trained together in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve-South. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner/released)
A German Marder infantry vehicle scans the battlefield during Saber Junction 2012 at Hohenfels Training Area, Oct. 25. Saber Junction Exercise trains U.S. personnel and over 1,800 multinational partners from 18 nations to ensure multinational interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Heidi Krueger, 111th Public Affairs Detachment/Released)
U.S. Army Europe Soldiers, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, pull security in their Stryker vehicle during Saber Junction 2012 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 24. 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 Europe photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)
In addition to the Macedonia, this year's participants include: Austria, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Georgia, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Sweden, Ukraine, U.S. 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 Lt. Col. Vladimir Skorostetskiy, Ukrainian Army Public Affairs)
UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters with the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, take visiting African air force members on an aerial tour of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 31, 2015. The African Partnership Flight, which includes military representatives from Angola, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia, visit to the NJARNG’s Army Aviation Support Facility is part of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa program that emphasized increased maintenance and logistics knowledge and procedures. The program was created to conduct regional military to military events with African air forces to build aviation capacity, enhance regional cooperation and increase interoperability. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
The Theatre Equipment Support Battalion recently held an Interoperability Exercise (IOX) at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. It was a high profile event attended by UK, U.S, Danish, and Estonian participants and by members of the Afghan National Army (ANA).
The exercise demonstrated how vehicles are recovered during Combat Logistic Patrols (CLPs) in the event of breakdown, being bogged down or being disabled by enemy action. CLP’s are often a multi-national affair; hence the requirement to recover vehicles is essential. This exercise was an opportunity to demonstrate multi-national procedures and ensure compliance between the different nations.
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. Army Europe's 4th Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, move through the German country side towards the village of Schalkenthan 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)
U.S. Army Europe's 4th Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, move through the German country side towards the town 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)
Capt. Joel Dickey, an observer from the Joint Multinational Readiness Center out of Hohenfels, Germany, talks with Ukrainian Army Capt. Max Suprun, a NATO Evaluator with 95th Airborne Brigade 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)
Canadian Army Capt. Rob Johnson, along with U.S. Soldiers from the California Army National Guard, 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)
Battle Group Poland U.S. Soldiers practice a variety of combat casualty care tasks such as how to control bleeding, treat fractures and evacuate casualties using various buddy-carrying and litter techniques near the Bemowo Piskie Training Area during Saber Strike 17 June 9, 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 Charles Rosemond, Training Support Team Orzysz)
Pfc. Mikel Chamen, a New York City native and an infantryman with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, engages target a from a kneeling position during a combined, joint unknown distance live-fire range with the U.S. Marines and the Italian Army May 9 at Wadi Shadiya, Jordan during Exercise Eager Lion 2017. Eager Lion was a two-weeklong multinational exercise with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in order to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah R. Kilpatrick, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office, 1st Cavalry Division (released)
170808-N-OX430-121 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 8, 2017) The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) transits alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) 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 3rd Class Daniel Gaither/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (May 29, 2021) Aviation Machinist Mate Airman Dillan Hall, right, from Janesnille, Wis., assigned to the Archangels of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) Airman Julia Ellis, from Dallas, take a fuel sample from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to on the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America’s (LHA 6) flight deck. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Walter Estrada)
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, eat chow 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)
A U.S. Army Europe Stryker vehicle, assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment moves though the Maneuver Rights Area near Amberg, Germany, during Saber Junction 2012 Oct. 16. 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 Europe photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
A Band member from the Army Academy Band of 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)
A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force jumps out of a CH-46E Sea Knight while conducting Helo Cast training with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 27, 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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Infantrymen of the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, fire Bradley M2/M3 Tracked Armored Fighting Vehicle, on Tapa Army Base, Nov. 13. The infantrymen are in the field for nine days to conduct joint training exercises with Estonian soldiers, as well as showcase their skills and allow Estonian officers and non-commissioned officers to experience firing a M1A2 SEP V2. These activities are part of the U.S. Army Europe-led Operation Atlantic Resolve land force assurance training taking place across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to enhance multinational interoperability, strengthen relationships among allied militaries, contribute to regional stability and demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO. (U.S. Army photo by: Capt. Henry Brady, executive officer for Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division)
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2021) Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Kyle Chasse stands watch aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9). City of Bismarck is serving as the mission platform for Pacific Partnership 21. Pacific Partnership, now in its 16th iteration, brings nations together to prepare during calm periods to effectively respond in times of crisis. Each year, the mission team works collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joseph R. Vincent/Released)
Troopers assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, along with Romanian soldiers assigned to the Romanian Land Forces and British soldiers assigned to the Coldstream Guards, salute during the playing of all three countries' national anthems at the beginning of the opening ceremony for Wind Spring 2015 at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Apr. 16, 2015. The Wind Spring 2015 exercise is aimed at maintaining and increasing interoperability between NATO Allies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner/released)
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)