United States Army Private First Class Kevin Nickodemus from the 82nd Airborne Divisi out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, returns fire from his M16A2 Assault Rifle, as his plato is attacked by terrorist, during checkpoint training being held at Chrichik Army Training Center, in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The persnel are participating in a training exercise, during Exercise CENTRAL ASIAN BATTALION (CENTRAZBAT) 97. The main goal of the exercise is to increase the ability of mutual interacti of CENTRAZBAT with the units of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizati (NATO) states and other partners through practical work out of comm missi of peacekeeping and humanitarian operatis...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: United States Army Private First Class Kevin Nickodemus from the 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, returns fire from his M16A2 Assault Rifle, as his platoon is attacked by terrorist, during checkpoint training being held at Chrichik Army Training Center, in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The personnel are participating in a training exercise, during Exercise CENTRAL ASIAN BATTALION (CENTRAZBAT) 97. The main goal of the exercise is to increase the ability of mutual interaction of CENTRAZBAT with the units of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) states and other partners through practical work out of common mission of peacekeeping and humanitarian operations on the level of the battalion-platoon. Working out the coordination among joint peacekeeping forces according to the procedure of NATO, practicing goals of operative interaction, acquaintance of participants with methods of education of NATO are among the planned tasks of the exercise.

Subject Operation/Series: CENTRAZBAT 97

Base: Chrichik Army Training Center

Country: Uzbekistan (UZB)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Paul R. Caron, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
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