Gen. Maj. Oleg Garchy (left), Head of combat and special training of the Main Directorate of the National Guard of Ukraine, awards a Ukrainian Independence Medal 3rd class to Sgt. Jonathan Gabay, a paratrooper with the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade, for excellent service during training as part of Fearless Guardian Sept. 26, 2015, in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Gabay is an instructor training soldiers with the Ukrainian national guard for the third iteration of Fearless Guardian. The paratroopers are in Ukraine for the third rotation to train Ukraine's newly-formed national guard as part of Fearles

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Gen. Maj. Oleg Garchy (left), Head of combat and special training of the Main Directorate of the National Guard of Ukraine, awards a Ukrainian Independence Medal 3rd class to Sgt. Jonathan Gabay, a paratrooper with the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade, for excellent service during training as part of Fearless Guardian Sept. 26, 2015, in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Gabay is an instructor training soldiers with the Ukrainian national guard for the third iteration of Fearless Guardian. The paratroopers are in Ukraine for the third rotation to train Ukraine's newly-formed national guard as part of Fearless Guardian, which is scheduled to last through November. ( Army photo by Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)

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