Slovakian soldiers wait anxiously to be processed through customs at the Marine Corps Air Station. Afterwards, these soldiers will be bused to Camp Lejeune, NC, to participate in this 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. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations contributing troops are ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Slovakian soldiers wait anxiously to be processed through customs at the Marine Corps Air Station. Afterwards, these soldiers will be bused to Camp Lejeune, NC, to participate in this 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. 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, Kygrystan, 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.

Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96

Base: Mcas, Cherry Point

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL. C. E. Rolfes

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files