A Georgian soldier with Charlie Company, 31st Light

A Georgian soldier with Charlie Company, 31st Light Infantry Battalion, instructs a Bulgarian soldier, replicating an Afghan National Army soldier, to speak to a man barricaded in a house during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 21, 2013. The Batumi and 31st Georgian Light Infantry Battalions conducted an MRE to train and be evaluated on the battalions' ability to conduct combat and counterinsurgency operations and integrate into a Marine Corps regimental combat team deployed in support of International Security Assistance Force operations in Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bryan Rankin/Released)