Government representatives from participating countries, including United States Army General Tommy R. Franks (third from left), Commander in CHIEF, United States Central Command, Kazakhstan Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Sat Tokpakbaev (center) and Colonel General Anatoly Sergeev (third from right), Russian Commander, salute the pass and revue during the opening ceremonies of Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ), Wednesday 13 September 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by US Ce
Government representatives from participating countries, including United States Army General Tommy R. Franks (third from left), Commander in CHIEF, United States Central Command, Kazakhstan Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Sat Tokpakbaev (center) and Colonel General Anatoly Sergeev (third from right), Russian Commander, salute the pass and revue during the opening ceremonies of Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ), Wednesday 13 September 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by US Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, .... [Complete] Scene Caption: Government representatives from participating countries, including United States Army General Tommy R. Franks (third from left), Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, Kazakhstan Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Sat Tokpakbaev (center) and Colonel General Anatoly Sergeev (third from right), Russian Commander, salute the pass and revue during the opening ceremonies of Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ), Wednesday 13 September 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national 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 300 Kazakhstan soldiers. Other participating nations include: Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, The United Kingdom, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Mongolia. CENTRASBAT originated in 1996, and was established to form a joint battalion of soldiers from the former Soviet Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan and Uzbekistan to serve as a key c
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