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The opening ceremony commences as flag bearers of participating countries march onto W.P.T. Hill Field. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations contributing troops are Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. In addition, the following countries are providing observers to the exercise: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, and Denmark

Participants salute as the Partership for Peace (PfP) and NATO flags are lowered during the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

Flag bearers of participating countries practice presenting arms during a rehearsal of the opening ceremony. This is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic. Under the Partnership for Peace program this exercise will provide combined training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations contributing troops are Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, ...

Members of NATO assemble behind the NATO flag during the closing ceremony for COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2001marking the end of Combined Endeavor in Lager Aulenbach, Germany. Sponsored by US European Command and hosted by Germany, the exercise is held annually to test and document the interoperability of dozens of countries and NATO. The largest communications and information systems exercise in the world, 37 countries participated this year

Opening Ceremonies marks the beginning of a busy schedule of events for eight participating countries during the Partnership for Peace Exercise COOPERATIVE KEY '96. The activities will occupy Otopeni Air Base just north of Romania's capitol. The exercise involves Air Force training in operational and logistical interoperability procedures based on a humanitarian relief scenario. Participating NATO Air Forces from Greece, Italy, Turkey and the United States will join the nations of Slovakia, Muldavia, Czech Republic and the host nation Romania. Pictured here representatives holding their countries flags, from left to right, are: Turkey, Slovakia, Romania and Italy

The flags of the 37 nations participating in COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2001 fly in the sunshine and breeze in Lager Aulenbach, Germany. Combined Endeavor is the largest communications and information systems exercise in the world. The exercise, sponsored by US European Command and hosted by Germany in the spirit of "Partnership for Peace," is held annually to test and document the interoperability of dozens of nations and NATO. There are 37 countries participating this year

Representatives from the Partner Nations proudly display their own country's colors as they start their turn for the pass and review during the closing ceremonies of Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that was conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 996, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries that provided troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The...

Representatives from the Partner Nations proudly display their own country's colors during the closing ceremony of Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that was conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries that provided troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations that...

Flag bearers of participating countries practice parading the colors during a rehearsal of the opening ceremony for the exercise. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic. Under the Partnership for Peace program this exercise will provide combined training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills

Representatives from the Partner Nations carry their respective flags during the closing ceremony. Under the Partnership for Peace program, this exercise provided combined training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with emphasis on individual and collective skills. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations contributing troops were Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. In addition, the following countries provided observers to the exercise: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, and Denmark

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Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96

Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL. M. A. Sunderland

Release Status: Released to Public

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Representatives from Partner Nations are presented with medals and guidons at the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

The Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Mr. William J. Perry speaks at the closing ceremony of Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that was conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills

GEN George A. Joulwan (USA), Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), meets with US military personnel to thank them for the dedication and hard work during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

Moldovan troops watch as US Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, demonstrate the proper way to fire an M240 G Machine Gun during Situational Training Exercise-1, Convoy Operations, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills

The Latvian platoon marches in the Pass in Review as part of Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY '98's closing ceremony, which took place on WPT Hill field, Camp Lejeune. COOPERATIVE OSPREY '98 is a Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise conducted at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 1-20, 1998

Troops from Training Companies 1 and 6 (consisting of US and multi-national military personnel) conduct convoy operations at Davis Airfield during Final Training Exercise III, as part of Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. FTX III consists of Airfield Security, Convoy Operations and Humanitarian Assistance Operations. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills....

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (ont the left), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), is greets several members of the 16th Airborne Battalion Headquarters North Poland Brigade (NORDPOL), which includes Polish soldiers, a US Army Liaison Officer, and Norwegian Army Security CHIEF. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

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Romanian participants in Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 play soccer at Onslow Beach, North Carolina, during one of the many cultural events taking place within the exercise. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 at Camp Lejeune, NC. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis onindividual and collective skills

SSGT Steve Haga (USAF), 5th Operations Support Squadron, SRA John Ankeny (USAF), 27th Operations Support Squadron, and TSGT Dennis Boggs (USAF), 33rd Combat Communications Squadron, monitor flight operations as air traffic controllers, 4100th Group Provisional (USAF), inside the Precision Approach Radar facility at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

Canadian soldiers armed with M16A2 assault rifles arrest a hostile foreign national during Final Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Final Training Exercise 2 consists of Military Operations in Urban Terrain, Security and Civil Disturbance Operations. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United ...

U.S. Air Force COL. Bradley R. Pray, Commander of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, at Manas Air Base, Kyrgystan, COL. Alvin M. Lowry, Jr., Commander of the 416th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), and COL. Bill Bradley, former 416th AEG Commander, stand at attention during the 416th AEG Change of Command at Karshni-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, on Jan. 9, 2005. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (Released)

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