Commanders of platoons taking part in the exercise stand by for their cue to march during a rehearsal of the opening ceremony for Cooperative Osprey '96. This exercise is sponsored by the United States Atlantic Command and 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, ...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Commanders of platoons taking part in the exercise stand by for their cue to march during a rehearsal of the opening ceremony for Cooperative Osprey '96. This exercise is sponsored by the United States Atlantic Command and 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, 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: 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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