Lt. Col. Jonathan L. Due (left,) a squadron commander assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, meets with Minister of Defense for the Slovak Republic Martin Glvac, after arriving at Malaky Air Base, located in the Slovak Republic, while participating in the 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. 14, 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)

First Lt. Matt Easton from the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team out of Baumholder, Germany, gives a class on calling for fire 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 Lt. Col. Vladimir Skorostetskiy, Ukrainian Army 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.

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A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force observes his target while conducting a stalk exercise with 1st Marine Division Schools during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 11, 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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Battle Group Poland’s Mustang Troop Light Dragoons conduct a short halt before linking up with Cougar Scout Platoon during Puma 17 at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, May 24. Puma is a joint operation exercise between the U.S., U.K. and Romanian soldiers from the battle group along with the Polish Army’s 15th Mechanized Brigade. The exercise’s key objective is to train NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence units focusing on interoperability and improving joint operational capability in a variety of missions. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kevin Wang/Released)

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force provide security 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)

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A Ukrainian soldier stands guard during a field training exercise at Rapid Trident 2012 in Yavoriv, Ukraine, July 17. 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 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.

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Philippine Marines sight in downrange during live-fire sniper training May 8, 2014, at Crow Valley, Philippines, during Balikatan 2014. The Philippine Marines trained with U.S. Marines to increase proficiency for targets at unknown distances. Balikatan is an annual training exercise that strengthens the interoperability between the armed forces of the Philippines and U.S. military in their commitment to regional security and stability, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joey S. Holeman, Jr./Released)

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force hover in an MH-60 during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 15, 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 1st Lt. Allison Burgos/Released)

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A C-17 Globemaster, assigned to Heavy Airlift Wing in Pápa, Hungary drops a palette of heavy supplies near Amberg, Germany during Saber Junction 2012, Oct. 17. 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.

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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.

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Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and the British 16 Air Assault Brigade conduct mock door drills at Green Ramp on Pope Army Airfield, 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 a multinational crisis response options. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Sgt. Eliverto V. Larios/Released)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Brian Boeding, an A-10C pilot assigned to 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard prepares to take off for a training mission before the start of Saber Strike at Amari Air Base, Estonia on June 2, 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)

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, participate 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)

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).

170808-N-KB401-464 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 8, 2017) From left to right, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), Royal Norwegian Navy frigate Helge Ingstad (F 313), Ticonderoga-class guided- missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), Royal Navy Duke-class frigate HMS Iron Duke (F 234), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), and Royal Navy Duke-class frigate HMS Westminster (F 237) 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. Air. Force Airman coordinates radio transmissions during Saber Junction 2012 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Oct. 13. The U.S. Army 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 Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/Released

BALTOPS is an annual U.S.-led, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO- executed, multinational maritime exercise in the Baltic Sea region designed to enhance flexibility and interoperability among its participants.

Burkhard Jung, Mayor, City of Leipzig, Germany discusses Leipzig's perspective on transport planning, amongs panel members including (from left to right) Louis Nègre, President of GART, Senator and Mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer, France; Ruud van der Ploeg, Secretary General, European Metropolitan Transport Association (EMTA); Melinda Crane, moderator, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle-TV; Maksim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor, Moscow; and Timothy Papandreou, Chief Innovation Officer, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, during the Session: "Inclusive urban transport planning for more equitable growth" taking place during the International Transport Forum’s 2016 Summit on “Green and Inclusive Transport” in Leipzig, Germany on 20 May 2016.

ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (Sept. 30, 2015) U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Garrett Kirkby leads a patrol alongside soldiers with the French 5th Overseas Combined Arms Regiment (RIAOM) during a desert survival course. Kirkby is the company first sergeant of Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. 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)

Visiting African air force members pose in front of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, after touring 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)

AQABA, Jordan (May 27, 2014) Lance Cpl. Timothy Sullivan, a motor transportation mechanic with Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and a native of Toledo, Ohio, repairs a Humvee 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)

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Joint Interoperability Testing Command ushers in new command and senior enlisted leadership with a ceremony July 26 at the JITC Compound, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. (U.S. Army Photo by Karen Sampson)

A Slovenian soldier of 3rd Company, 10th Regiment carries ammunition for a machine gun during a situational training exercise lane at Exercise Allied Spirit IV at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 21, 2016. Exercise Allied Spirit includes more than 2,200 participants from six NATO nations, and exercises tactical interoperability and tests secure communications within Alliance members and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)

A Ukrainian soldier stands guard during a field training exercise at Rapid Trident 2012 in Yavoriv, Ukraine, July 17. 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 U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brooks Fletcher, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)

Leadership from 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, held a static display for people from Gyor, Hungary that showcased their M1126 Stryker Combat Vehicles alongside Hungarian military vehicles during the 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. 17, 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)

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)

Staff Sgt. Simon Debran, second from right, UH-60A Black Hawk crew chief, briefs visiting African air force members touring 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)

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A panel of medical flag officers discusses joint-medical readiness during the 2022 Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) Medical Symposium at Sharkey Theater on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on July 1, 2022. The panel consisted of Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy Surgeon General; Rear Adm. Sarah Sharkey, Royal Australia Navy; Rear Adm. Pamela Miller, Indo-Pacific Command Surgeon; and Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi, U.S. Army Incoming 18th Medical Command Commanding General. The panel was facilitated by Capt. Michael McGinnis, U.S. Pacific Fleet Surgeon. The theme of the medical symposium was "interoperability." The panel members discussed how international partnerships and standardization can improve patient outcomes if/when medical assets are called to respond to a wartime situation or humanitarian crisis.

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force climb a caving ladder during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 15, 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 1st Lt. Allison Burgos/Released)

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Slovenia Army’s Cpl. Anze Komac writes notes for close air support fire during Exercise Allied Spirit at 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 25, 2016. Exercise Allied Spirit includes more than 2,400 participants from seven NATO nations, and exercises tactical interoperability and tests secure communications within Alliance members and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza/Not Reviewed)

Children of Zambian military personnel gather at the Zambian Army Headquarters, Aug. 7, 2013, in Lusaka, Zambia to view an opening ceremony to begin the Africa Endeavor 2013 exercise. Africa Endeavor is Africa Command's annual 10-day communications exercise, focusing on interoperability and information sharing among African partners. The first Africa Endeavor was held in 2006 in South Africa; past exercises have taken place in Nigeria, Gabon, Ghana, The Gambia and Cameroon. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Bethany Fehringer/RELEASED)

U.S. Army Europe Soldiers, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, prepare to convoy though the Maneuver Rights Area near Amberg in route to the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Hohenfels Training Area, Oct. 16. The U.S. Army Europe's exercise Saber Junction 2012 trains U.S. personnel and 1800 multinational partners from 18 nations ensuring multinational interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force.

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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.

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Maj. Gen. Salim Mustafa Kijuu, commander of Land Forces, Tanzania People’s Defence Force, signs a guestbook while sitting at the George S. Patton's desk at the 7th U.S. Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy during a visit at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 9. Kijuu took part in a Command Sponsored Visit coordinated by U.S. Army Africa on behalf of the U.S. Army. CSVs 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.

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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.

Troopers (right,) assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, speak with a British soldier (left,) assigned to the Coldstream Guards, after both units, along with Romanian soldiers assigned to the Romanian Land Forces, participated 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. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force approach a gas and oil platform in a rigid-hull inflatable boat during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Santa Barbara County, Calif., Jan. 15, 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 1st Lt. Allison Burgos/Released)

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170808-N-KB401-139 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 8, 2017) Left to right, Royal Navy Duke-class frigate HMS Iron Duke (F 234), Royal Navy Duke-class frigate HMS Westminster (F 237), Royal Norwegian Navy frigate Helge Ingstad (F 313), Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), 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 member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 searches for a limpet mine during a training dive on the JS Uruga in the Sea of Hyuga while participating in the 3JA Mine Countermeasures Exercise on Nov. 21, 2016. 3JA is an annual bilateral exercise held between the U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) to strengthen interoperability and increase proficiencies in mine countermeasure operations. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Rolston)

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)

A paratrooper assigned to the British 16 Air Assault Brigade receives his T-11 parachute for 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)

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, right, Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and German Army Maj. Gen. Carsten Breuer, left, talk to a Lithuanian soldier during Exercise Allied Spirit VII at the 7th Army Training Command’s Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Nov. 14, 2017. Approximately 4,050 service members from 13 nations are participating in the exercise from Oct. 30 to Nov. 22, 2017. Allied Spirit is a U.S. Army Europe-directed, 7ATC-conducted multinational exercise series designed to develop and enhance NATO and key partner’s interoperability and readiness. (U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger)

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.

Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor, Federal Department of Environment and Transports, Switzerland with Peter Ramsauer,

Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany at the Follow-up Zurich Process - Meeting of the Ministers of the Alpine Region during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

A Trooper assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, smiles as he watches a Romanian soldier assigned to the Romanian Land Forces, try out an M320 Grenade launcher along with other weapons belonging to the unit are placed on display after both units, along with British soldiers assigned to the Coldstream Guards, participated 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)

Service members from 16 nations 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)