Chief of Staff Maj. Sean Clark, with the Canadian Army,

Chief of Staff Maj. Sean Clark, with the Canadian Army, stands with Minister of National Defense Minhea Motoc and military officers at the opening ceremony of the Exercise Saber Guardian 2016 at the Romanian Land Forces Combat Training Center, Cincu, Romania July 27, 2016. Exercise Saber Guardian 2016 is a multinational military exercise involving approximately 2,800 military personnel from ten nations including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Georgia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and the U.S. The objectives of this exercise are to build multinational, regional and joint partnership capacity by enhancing military relationships, exchanging professional experiences, and improving interoperability between the land forces from the participating countries. The command post exercise trains commanders and staffs in the development of combined planning, standing operating procedures and staff battle drills in a force-on-force environment at the brigade level. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Anita VanderMolen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Oregon Army National Guard)