U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, co-director of

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, co-director of Shared Accord 2018, discusses joint operations with officers from various African nations during a coffee break at Shared Accord 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, Aug. 17, 2018. Shared Accord is a multilateral exercise intended to enhance U.S. and African forces’ capabilities to perform peacekeeping operations in support of United Nations and Africa Union mandates, while shaping the security environment, and deterring violent extremist organizations.(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Leah R. Kilpatrick)