Ukrainian National Guard soldiers take cover behind
Ukrainian National Guard soldiers take cover behind a BTR-3 armored personnel carrier as it pushes forward through an opposing forces role player attack during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat ... More
Ukrainian mortarmen from the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate
Ukrainian mortarmen from the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade provide security for their mortar system after emplacing it during a company situational training exercise at the Yavoriv Combat Train... More
A Ukrainian army engineer wearing a bomb disposal suit
A Ukrainian army engineer wearing a bomb disposal suit rests against a vehicle after working to locate and disarm mock explosive devices during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center ... More
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, speaks
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, speaks during an opening ceremony marking the official beginning of Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekee... More
Supplies air dropped from a U.S. Air Force C-130 descend
Supplies air dropped from a U.S. Air Force C-130 descend to a drop zone secured by Ukrainian army soldiers during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeep... More
A Ukrainian army medic watches for opposing forces
A Ukrainian army medic watches for opposing forces role-players while his unit conducts a cordon and search of a mock village during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the Inte... More
Ukrainian troops rehearse clearing a building during
Ukrainian troops rehearse clearing a building during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Western Ukraine, on Sept. 14. Rapi... More
A Ukrainian soldier in a protective anti-chemical suit
A Ukrainian soldier in a protective anti-chemical suit waits to direct military traffic to a decontamination site during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Pe... More
Ukrainian troops rehearse moving to contact in an urban
Ukrainian troops rehearse moving to contact in an urban environment during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Western Ukra... More
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, speaks
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, speaks with U.S. service members after an opening ceremony marking the official beginning of Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on t... More
Ukrainian troops take cover behind a BTR armored personnel
Ukrainian troops take cover behind a BTR armored personnel carrier while rehearsing securing an objective during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeepi... More
A Ukrainian army engineer wearing a bomb disposal suit
A Ukrainian army engineer wearing a bomb disposal suit rests against a vehicle after working to locate and disarm mock explosive devices during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center ... More
Soldiers from the Ukrainian army's 1st Battalion, 95th
Soldiers from the Ukrainian army's 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade engage opposing force role players in order to secure a drop zone, in preparation for supplies to be air dropped by a U.S. Air F... More
A Ukrainian army soldier from the 1st Battalion, 30th
A Ukrainian army soldier from the 1st Battalion, 30th Mechanized Brigade moves while a BMP armored vehicle covers him during an assault during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017, on Sept. 14. Rapid Trident is an annua... More
Opposing force role players wait in the woods to engage
Opposing force role players wait in the woods to engage Ukrainian soldiers participating in Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Cente... More
Canadian army mentors observe Ukrainian troops from
Canadian army mentors observe Ukrainian troops from the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade as they break away from a mock ambush during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017, on Sept. 11. The 1-95th is traini... More
A U.S. Air Force C-130 air drops a pallet of supplies
A U.S. Air Force C-130 air drops a pallet of supplies to Ukrainian army soldiers taking part in Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security C... More
A U.S. Air Force C-130 does a low pass over a drop
A U.S. Air Force C-130 does a low pass over a drop zone as BTR-3s from the Ukrainian army's 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade move in to secure supplies the cargo aircraft dropped during Exercise R... More
A member of the opposing forces unit of the Yavoriv
A member of the opposing forces unit of the Yavoriv Combat Training Center prepares to take part in ambushing Ukrainian soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade as part of the battalion'... More
Ukrainian army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 30th
Ukrainian army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 30th Mechanized Brigade maneuver with a BMP armored vehicle while assaulting an objective during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center... More
A vehicle assigned to the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate
A vehicle assigned to the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade bearing the Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 logo is hidden deep in a forest on the Yavoriv Combat Training Center at the International Peacek... More
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, speaks
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, speaks during an opening ceremony marking the official beginning of Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekee... More
Combat Training Center development officer, Lt. Col.
Combat Training Center development officer, Lt. Col. Khalid Hussein (right), briefs Col. David Jordan, the U.S. co-director of Exercise Rapid Trident 2017, on the positioning of opposing force role players duri... More
A ceremonial ribbon is stretched across the entrance
A ceremonial ribbon is stretched across the entrance to the newly built simulation center at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Western Ukraine, on Sept.... More
A U.S. Army Soldier from the 45th Infantry Brigade
A U.S. Army Soldier from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team acts as an Observer Controller Trainer while soldiers from the Ukrainian army's 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade engage opposing forc... More
A Soldier from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
A Soldier from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine guides a truck into place so containerized latrines can be repositioned in order to prepare for th... More
A Ukrainian soldier in protective anti-chemical gear
A Ukrainian soldier in protective anti-chemical gear rehearses decontaminating an armored personnel carrier during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center at the International Peacekee... More
Soldiers from Turkey, Romania, Poland and Norway stand
Soldiers from Turkey, Romania, Poland and Norway stand in formation in preparation for an opening ceremony marking the official beginning of Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on ... More
Master Sgt. Michael Slocter, a member of the 45th Infantry
Master Sgt. Michael Slocter, a member of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from Gun Barrel, Texas deployed with the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, receives an award for excellence from General ... More
Soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine reposition a containerized latrine to prepare for the influx of additional personnel arriving to su... More
A Ukrainian army helicopter flies in overwatch while
A Ukrainian army helicopter flies in overwatch while Ukrainian troops rehearse securing an objective at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Western Ukrain... More
A Ukrainian army soldier looks out across a drop zone,
A Ukrainian army soldier looks out across a drop zone, waiting for supplies to be air dropped by a U.S. Air Force C-130 during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the Internatio... More
A Ukrainian soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion,
A Ukrainian soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Battalion stands guard near his battalion's command post during the field training exercise portion of Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at t... More
A member of the Ukrainian National Guard provides rear
A member of the Ukrainian National Guard provides rear security for his BTR-3 armored personnel carrier while his unit conducts a mounted patrol as part of the field training exercise portion of Exercise Rapid ... More
Ukrainian troops in protective anti-chemical suits
Ukrainian troops in protective anti-chemical suits rehearse decontaminating an armored personnel carrier during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeepin... More
Col. David Jordan, commander of the 45th Infantry Brigade
Col. David Jordan, commander of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, receives a report from Ukrainian Col. Volodymyr Yadanov, commander of the Lithuanian, Po... More
A camouflaged BTR-3 armored personnel carrier from
A camouflaged BTR-3 armored personnel carrier from the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade moves into a defensive position. The battalion came into contact with opposing forces role-players during Ex... More
A Ukrainian soldier provides security for his convoy
A Ukrainian soldier provides security for his convoy while it is halted during a company situational training exercise at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center... More
A member of the Ukrainian National Guard motions to
A member of the Ukrainian National Guard motions to fellow National Guard members while on patrol during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and S... More
A Ukrainian noncommissioned officer from the 1st Battalion,
A Ukrainian noncommissioned officer from the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade briefs soldiers before their company takes part in a company situational training exercise at the Yavoriv Combat Train... More
Capt. Kurt Jarvis, a member of the 45th Infantry Brigade
Capt. Kurt Jarvis, a member of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from Edmond, Oklahoma deployed with the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, receives an award for excellence from General of the Army... More
Ukrainian National Guard soldiers take cover behind
Ukrainian National Guard soldiers take cover behind an armored personnel carrier while their unit is engaged by opposing forces role players during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Cen... More
Former U.S. Central Command commander and advisor to
Former U.S. Central Command commander and advisor to the Ukrainian government, retired U.S. Army Gen. John Abizaid, and Ukrainian army Lt. Gen. Pavlo Tkachuk, the chief of the Ukrainian National Military Academ... More
A Ukrainian National Guard member takes a knee while
A Ukrainian National Guard member takes a knee while patrolling an area as part of Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in West... More
General of the Army of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak, Minister
General of the Army of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak, Minister of Defense of Ukraine, (third from left) helps cut a ceremonial ribbon officially opening the new simulation center during Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavo... More
Ukrainian National Guard soldiers engage opposing forces
Ukrainian National Guard soldiers engage opposing forces role players after the OPFOR attacked their unit during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeepi... More
Members of the Ukrainian National Guard review how
Members of the Ukrainian National Guard review how their unit performed while on a patrol during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security ... More
A Ukrainian soldier with the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate
A Ukrainian soldier with the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade provides security and looks for enemy role players during a company-level situational training exercise at the Yavoriv Combat Training... More
A Ukrainian army trainer from the Yavoriv Combat Training
A Ukrainian army trainer from the Yavoriv Combat Training Center conducts an after action review with members of the Ukrainian National Guard after a patrol as part of Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the CTC on ... More
A Ukrainian soldier from the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate
A Ukrainian soldier from the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade watches for enemy role-players while providing security during a company training exercise at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on th... More
Ukrainian troops, partially obscured by smoke, prepare
Ukrainian troops, partially obscured by smoke, prepare to enter a building while rehearsing securing an objective during Exercise Rapid Trident 2017 at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center at the International Pe... More