US Army General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, tours the Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000 training site in Kazakhstan (KAZ) on 14 September 2000. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special Forces Group, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, and ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Army General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, tours the Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000 training site in Kazakhstan (KAZ) on 14 September 2000. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special Forces Group, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, and approximately 300 Kazakhstan soldiers. Other participating nations include: Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, The United Kingdom, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Mongolia. The objectives of CENTRASBAT 2000 are to strengthen military to military relationships and regional security, and to increase interoperability between NATO and partner nations.

Subject Operation/Series: CENTRASBAT 2000

Base: Almaty

Country: Kazakhstan (KAZ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey Allen, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
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