US Army General Henry Shelton, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, visits with USA soldiers participating in Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000 exercise, Kazakhstan (KAZ), 14 September 2000. GEN Tommy R. Franks, USA, Commander in CHIEF, United States Central Command is in background. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by US 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...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Army General Henry Shelton, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits with USA soldiers participating in Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000 exercise, Kazakhstan (KAZ), 14 September 2000. GEN Tommy R. Franks, USA, Commander in Chief, United States Central Command is in background. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by US 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, United Kingdom, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Mongolia. The objectives of CENTRASBAT 2000 are to strengthen militarytomilitary 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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