Peacekeeping

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. Ryoma Sakai, right, listens as Mongolian and Malaysian soldiers locate and identify possible explosives during improvised explosive device, mine and unexploded ordnance a More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jennie Kordus stands at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 17, 2019. Kordus, a Green River, Wyoming, native, is a military police officer with 3rd Law Enforcement Batta More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alexendra Flores stands in a field on Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 16, 2019. Flores, an Anchorage, Alaska, native, is a human resources specialist with the 297th Re More

U.S. Marine Corps and Mongolian Armed Forces service members scream together to simulate the confusion and chaos during casualty care training as part of Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaata More

A Mongolian Armed Forces service member secures a notional casualty to a medical evacuation vehicle during casualty care training for Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 19 More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brittany Taylor stands in a field at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 18, 2019. Taylor is a native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a corpsman with 3rd Law E More

An Indonesian airmen watches the security gate during static checkpoint training at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as a part of Khaan Quest 2019, June 18, 2019. Khaan Quest is a multinational More

Mongolian Armed Forces Capt. Bold Batdelger stands at a crossroad on Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 19, 2019. Batdelger, a native of Ulaanbaatar, is a surgeon with the Mongolian Central M More

A Republic of Korea Armed Forces service member adjust the pieces on a terrain map during Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 20, 2019. Khaan Quest is a multinational exerc More

Mongolian Army officer cadet Turtuvshin Turuu stands at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 19, 2019. Turuu, an Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia native, is a cadet in the Mongolian National Defense Unive More

Mongolian Armed Forces Sgt. Zerbazar Divangar stands on a hill at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 19, 2019. Divangar, a native of Ulaanbaatar, is a nurse with the Mongolian Central Militar More

A service member with Republic of Korea breaks glass bottles during their cultural event as a part of Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 19, 2019. Khaan Quest is a multina More

Mongolian Army soldiers with 084th Airborne Battalion conduct convoy escort training as part of Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 20, 2019. Khaan Quest enhances the relat More

Republic of Korea Armed Forces 1st Lt. Ki Wook Hwang stands at the top of an observation post at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 20, 2019. Hwang, a native of An-yang City, South Korea, is More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jack Rezendes is detained by a Mongolian Armed Forces soldier during entry control point training for Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 22, 2 More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Barnes stands in a field at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 22, 2019. Barnes, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a fire team leader and military police More

A Fijian soldier searches a building during cordon and search training as a part of Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 22, 2019. Khaan Quest is a multinational exercise co More

Mongolian Armed Forces Junior Sgt. Batmend Shatar prepares to drive a light-armored vehicle during convoy escort training for Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 23, 2019. More

Indonesian Air Force Capt. Bayu Wira Pratama gives a command to his unit over radio during a training scenario for Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 24, 2019. Pratama, a More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Justin Shook mounts a horse during a Mongolian cultural night as part of Khaan Quest 2019 at the Riverine Training Area, Bulgan Province, Mongolia, June 23, 2019. Shook, a Santa Cruz, More

Nepali Army Maj. Sabitri Gharti Chhetri stands on top of a hill at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia June 23, 2019. Gharti Chhetri, a native of Kathmandu, Nepal, is an infantry officer with the Ne More

Royal Malaysian Air Force Maj. Moho Noor, left, Nepalese Army Lt. Col. Bikash K.C., center, and Mongolian Armed Forces Lt. Col. Undrakh Ulaankhuu discuss training scenarios during the Khaan Quest 2019 staff tra More

Vietnamese People’s Army Capt. Huong Vu stands for a photo in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, during the Khaan Quest 2019 staff training event, June 25, 2019. Vu, a native of Hanoi, Vietnam, is a staff officer with the More

A Qatari soldier checks the tightness of a tourniquet during casualty care training for Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 26, 2019. Khaan Quest is a multinational exercis More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment navigate a low-water crossing with members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force during a cordon and search training exercise at the H More

Soldiers assigned to the 615th Engineer Construction Company, 4th Engineer Battalion at Ft. Carson, Colorado, paint desks for an Ethiopian school house during exercise Justified Accord 2019 at the Hurso Trainin More

Brig. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, deputy commanding general for U.S. Army Africa, presents a coin to Sgt. Daniel Arseneault, 1st Battalion 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Ai More

More than 1,000 participants from three continents and 26 countries, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other partner organizations gathered for the opening ceremony of exercise Shared Accord 2019 More

Maj. Angeline Kamannzi, staff officer, Rwandan Air Force, speaks at the “Women, Peace and Security Conflict” panel during the Shared Accord exercise 2019, Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 16, 2019. The panel was composed o More

Soldiers of the 44th Medical Brigade, Fort Bragg N.C, along with their Rwandan Defence Force Soldiers, practice CASEVAC scenarios, to enhance and sharpen their medical capabilities in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 16, 2 More

A “Women, Peace and Security Conflict” panel was conducted during the Shared Accord 2019, Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 16, 2019. The panel was composed of female African partner servicemembers from Rwanda, Uganda and Z More

U.S. service members from the 485th Engineering Company out of Machesney Park/Arlington Heights, Ill., fixe a generator at the Rwanda Military Academy, Gako, Rwanda during Exercise Shared Accord 2019 on August More

Members of the 485th Engineering Company out of Machesney Park/Arlington Heights, Ill., prepare for the day at the Rwanda Military Academy, Gako, Rwanda during Exercise Shared Accord 2019, August 18, 2019. Duri More

Col. Dumisani Ndzinge, Joint Task Force Bangui chief of staff, speaks with section leaders at the command post exercise during Shared Accord 2019 in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 19, 2019. SA 19, which runs Aug. 14-28, More

U.S. Army soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), speak with members of the Rwanda Defence Force and Rwanda National Police More

Brig. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, deputy commanding general for U.S. Army Africa, visits the field training site located in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 20, 2019. Shared Accord 2019, which runs Aug. 14- 28, is focused on bri More

U.S. Army Spc. Mayco Saincere, combat medic specialist, 175th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, instructs Rwanda Defence Force soldiers during Tactical Combat Casualty Care as part of Exercise Shared A More

Rwanda Defence Force soldiers conduct Tactical Combat Casualty Care as part of Exercise Shared Accord 2019, in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 20, 2019. Shared Accord 2019, is focused on bringing together U.S. and Rwandan More

Members of the Rwanda Defence Force and Rwanda National Police conduct Tactical Combat Casualty Care training during Exercise Shared Accord '19, in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 20, 2019. SA 19, which runs Aug. 14-28, i More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Gray, infantryman, Company C, 1st Battalion 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), mentors a member of the Rwanda Defence Force whil More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stephen Emlaw, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialist, 1108th EOD Company, instructs counter-improvised explosive device training as part of Exercise Shared Accord 2019, in Gabiro, Rw More

A member of the Rwandan National Police searches a detainee during cordon and search training as part of Exercise Shared Accord 2019, in Gabiro, Rwanda August 23, 2019. SA ‘19, which runs Aug. 14- 28, is focuse More

Members of the Rwanda Defence Force prepare for convoy operations training during Exercise Shared Accord 2019, in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 23, 2019. SA 19, which runs Aug. 14-28, is focused on bringing together U.S More

A member of the Rwanda Defence Force searches a detainee at the entry control point during ECP training as part of exercise Shared Accord 2019 in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 23, 2019. SA 19, which runs Aug. 14- 28, is More

190824-A-JX791-0002 Rwanda Defence Force land their helicopter to assist Casualty Evacuation training with U.S. Army medics during Shared Accord 2019 in Kigali, Rwanda, Aug. 24, 2019. Shared Accord 2019, is foc More

Uganda Peoples Defence Force Col. Michael Ssesanga, Joint Task Force Bangui G3, speaks during the staff update brief at the command post exercise during Shared Accord 2019 in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 24, 2019. SA 1 More

A member of the Rwanda Defence Force searches a detainee during the field training exercise of Exercise Shared Accord 2019, in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 25, 2019. SA 19, which runs Aug. 14-28, is focused on bringing More

Brig. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, the U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general, visits the casualty evacuation training site for “hot load” medical evacuation training at the Gabiro Combat Training Center in Rwanda More

Members of the Rwanda Defence Force detainee role players during the field training exercise of Exercise Shared Accord 2019, in Gabiro, Rwanda, Aug. 26, 2019. SA 19, which runs Aug. 14-28, is focused on bringin More

The Nebraska National Guard and Rwanda formalized their commitment to the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program during a signing ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda, Dec. 12, 2019. In Rwanda, where nearly 6, More

A family member displays her sign for the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, welcome home ceremony at the Joint Military and Family Assista More

Oregon Army National Guard 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team 1st Lt. Heidi Gross visits a primary school Oct. 6, 2020, in Bivolak/Bivoljak, Kosovo. Gross is a member of the NATO-led Kosovo Force mission in Koso More

Oregon Army National Guard 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team Maj. Chad Plaisted delivers donated supplies to an underserved primary school Oct. 6, 2020, in Bivolak/Bivoljak, Kosovo. Some months before the donat More

U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Couchenour, right, assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division scans an open field during the field training exercise portion of the U.S. Army Basic Leader Cou More

Sergeant Major of the Army Robert E. Hall talks with soldiers at at the chow hall on Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, on October 29, 1999. Hall stopped at Camp Able Sentry on his tour of the U.S. sector of Kosovo. (U.S More

The opening ceremony to commence the beginning of Steppe Eagle 14 took place Sept. 24, 2014. Steppe Eagle is an annual multi-lateral exercise conducted by U.S. Army Central and the Arizona Army National Guard w More

Two Kazakhstani Peacekeeping Battalion troop leaders consult with a British Army’s 1st Rifle Regiment senior noncommissioned officer after establishing observation points as part of Steppe Eagle 2014, Oct. 1, a More

The Moldovan president, along with the French and the Italian ambassadors to Moldova, send off Moldovan troops for their deployment to Kosovo as a NATO KFOR peacekeeping force. (Photo courtesy of the 39th Trans More

Soldiers with the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade bow their heads in prayer during their casing of the colors ceremony April 19 on Fort Bragg in preparation for their nine-month deployment to Kosovo. The More

Retired Nepalese army Lt. Gen. Pawan J. Tapa, former force commander to United Nations Mission to Sudan, talks with retired Indian army Lt. Gen. R. K. Mehta, former military adviser to the United Nations secret More

Second Lt. Hitoshi Okawa, a platoon leader with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, participates in the opening ceremony of Shanti Prayas-2, March 25, at Birendra Peace Operations Training Center in Panchkhal, More

Lt. Gen. Thomas L. Conant, deputy commander of U.S. Pacific Command, shakes hands with a Nepalese soldier during a visit to Shanti Prayas-2 peacekeeping training at Birendra Peace Operations Training Center in More

Staff Sgt. Darrin Culp, medic instructor with 249th Regional Training Institute, Oregon Army National Guard, observes a platoon member from Indonesia treat a simulated casulaty at the Birendra Peace Operations More

Civilian role-players and Rwandan soldiers enact a scenario involving people with disabilities needing assistance gathering food and supplies at a United Nations distribution site during Shanti Prayas-2 peaceke More

A peacekeeping platoon from the Mongolian Armed Forces prepares for patrol training during Exercise Shanti Prayas-2 at Birendra Peace Operations Training Center. The two-week training exercise is part of the Gl More

Lt. Col. Tushar Mittal (left), a staff officer in the sector headquarters of the Indian army, works with military staff officers from Nepal and Mongolia during Exercise Shanti Prayas-2 in Kathmandu, Nepal, in p More

Lance Cpl. Dipak Shrestha, of the Nepalese Army Ranger battalion's disaster rescue program, demonstrates a life-saving zip-line technique at Shanti Prayas-2 at the Birendra Peace Operations Training Center. Sha More

Maj. Muhammad Abdullah Farabi, a Bangladesh Army peacekeeping trainer, walks up a hill prior to the Philippine platoon conducting a cordon and search training exercise during Shanti Prayas-2 at the Birendra Pea More

Capt. Deepa Khadka (right), an infantry officer with the Nepalese Army, serves as an interpreter for a Bangladesh platoon during Exercise Shanti Prayas-2, peacekeeping training, at the Birendra Peace Operations More

Carl Jenkins (right), a Global Peace Operations Initiative subject matter expert, interacts with Philippines Army subject matter expert, D.S. Singson, at the United Nations food distribution training lane at Bi More

Sgt. Maj. Yashuhik Kaneko, a trainer from Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, reviews an exercise with 2nd Lt. Okawa Hitoshi, platoon leader, and other Japanese platoon members during Shanti Prayas-2, a multinatio More

Nepalese army Maj. Suraj Lamichane pauses for a photo during Exercise Shanti Prayas-2 at the Birendra Peace Operations Training Center. The two-week peacekeeping training exercise is part of the Global Peace Op More

Indonesian soldiers perform a motivational yell after the Shanti Prayas-2 closing ceremony at the Birendra Peace Operations Training Center, April 7. The Field Training Exercise, hosted by the Nepalese Army and More

Capt. Brian Fitzgerald, a native of Fort Bragg, N.C. and the commander of C Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, and Fort Washington, Md. native 1st Sgt Eugenio Mendoza, the 1st Sgt. of C. Co., 1-38 Ca More

Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Leota, U.S. Army, Pacific, speaks with Mongolian Armed Forces soldiers completing a survival course during a visit to Five Hills Training Area in the vicinity of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, A More

Representatives of the Nigerian, Gabon and Dutch militaries march into the opening ceremony of Central Accord 14 March 11, 2014 at the 102 Air Force Base airfield in Douala, Cameroon. The U.S. is working with H More

Pakistani Lt. Col. Moeen Ud Din, peacekeeping cell analyst, briefs Pakistan's role as the leading troop contributor to UN PKOs, its involvement in the rescue of U.S. Rangers in Mogadishu in 1993, and the inaugu More

An Australian soldier stands guard as part of the catafalque party at the “Anzac Day” memorial service held April 25, 2014, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Anzac Day commemorates all the service members of t More

Soldiers from 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division take a break from shopping at the Tibetan Market in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India, during a cultural day Sept. 21. Soldiers from 1/25 SBCT an More

Pfc. Christian Rombough, a cavalry scout with 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, maneuvers through a tunnel while completing an obstacle course during exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 on Ranikhet Cantonment, Utterakhan More

U.S. Soldiers from 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division take part in a culminating field training exercise in the dense forests of the Himalayas on Ranikhe More

Soldiers from 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and the 2nd Battalion, 9th Ghurak Regiment of the Indian army take part in the closing ceremonies for exercise Yudh Abhyas 14 at Chaubattia, More

Kazakhstani Peacekeeping Battalion soldiers practice counter-IED tactics as part of Steppe Eagle 2014, Oct. 1, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Center here. The British Army provided mentorship to More

A Kazakhstani Peacekeeping Battalion platoon patrols through the fog while securing the simulated border during Steppe Eagle 2014, Oct. 2, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Center here. (U.S. Army p More

Two Kazakhstani Peacekeeping Battalion soldiers speak to the local police chief about hostile gunfire during a situational training exercise as part of Steppe Eagle 2014, Oct. 3, at the Joint Multinational Read More

Kazakhstani Peacekeeping Battalion leadership discuss with 1st battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment and Moldovan Soldiers how to calm an unruly crowd of rioters during a situational training exercise as part of S More

Kazakhstani Peacekeeping Battalion soldiers prepare to face an unruly crowd of rioters during a situational training exercise as part of Steppe Eagle 2014 exercise, Oct. 4, at the Joint Multinational Readiness More

Kazakhstani peacekeeping soldiers dragged an injured civilian to safety and treated his wounds suffered from an IED blast during a situational training exercise at Steppe Eagle 2014, Oct. 9, at the Joint Multin More

A Romanian soldier instructs an entry control point lesson and performs a search during exercise Platinum Wolf 15 at South Base, Serbia Nov. 19. Platinum Wolf 15 is a peacekeeping operations training exercise f More

Dr. Miltiadis Sarigiannidis briefs service members from NATO and Partner-for-Peace nations attending the Multinational Peace Support Operations Basic Course, March 11, 2015. 26 service members from Greece, Bosn More

Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers and local law enforcement watch protesters march past City Hall, Baltimore, April 30, 2015. The marchers shouted slogans calling for justice, equality and peace for fellow More

Soldiers from B Company, 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, practice riot-control techniques at the Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, May 1, 2015. These Soldiers are part of a Quick Reaction More

Pfc. Silvester Isic, infantryman with 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, North Carolina Army National Guard, waits to board the flight taking him to Kosovo for a peacekeeping mission with NATO allied forces. More

A Mongolian Armed Forces soldier stands at attention during the Khaan Quest 2015 closing ceremony held in Tavantolgoi, Mongolia, July 1, 2015. Khaan Quest is a regularly scheduled, multinational exercise hosted More

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Puneet Talwar, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, answers questions concerning Exercise Keris Aman 2015 during a press conference held at the Malaysia Peace Keeping Center A More

Armed forces members of the U.S. and Malaysia stand in formation during the Exercise Keris Aman 2015 opening ceremony held at the Segenting Camp’s Army Academy Parade Ground, Aug. 11, in Port Dickson, Malaysia. More

The Malaysian Army Drum Line performs during the opening ceremony for Exercise Keris Aman 2015 held at the Segenting Camp Army Academy Parade Ground Aug. 11, in Port Dickson, Malaysia. Keris Aman is a multinati More

U.S. Army Sgt. Challis Santos, left, and Sgt. 1st. Class Matthew Mitsui, right, both with the Hawaii Army National Guard Medical Detachment, practice first responder medical techniques with members of the Malay More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gary M. Hara, deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific, speaks with Malaysian army Soldiers during Exercise Keris Aman 2015 at the Segenting Camp, Aug. 12, in Port Dickson, Malaysia. K More

Malaysian Armed Forces Cpl. Munira Mohtar inspects a training role player for contraband during peacekeeping training at a simulated distribution site as part of Exercise Keris Aman 2015, at Segenting Camp, Aug More