Exercise Shanti Doot-3 trains troops in peacekeeping skills
Summary
(Left to right) Retired Lt. Gen. M. Harun-Ar Rashid, former United Nations Force commander and former chief of staff for the Bangladesh army, Dr. James A. Schear, deputy assistant secretary of defense for partnership strategy and stability operations, Retired Gen. Martin Agwai, former United Nations force commander for Darfur and former chief of armed forces staff of Nigeria, and Kevin S. Kennedy, chief of integrated training Service, United Nations department of peacekeeping operations, answer questions from an audience of multinational officers during opening ceremonies of Exercise Shanti Doot-3. Exercise Shanti Doot-3 is a Bangladesh armed forces hosted and U.S. Pacific Command Global Peace Operations Initiative supported joint multinational exercise designed to give operations, logistics, planning, and tactical peacekeeping training to members of 13 different countries in preparation for United Nations peacekeeping operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Master Sgt. Jon Dyer, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)