Lt. Col. Michael Kloepper (fourth from right), commander of the Army's 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and 2nd Lt. Ivan Ivashchenko (third from right), an officer with the 173rd Abn. Bde., attend a swearing-in ceremony Sept. 5, 2015, alongside Ukrainian and Canadian guests at the Ukrainian Military Academy in L'viv, Ukraine. First-year cadets take an oath to serve their country at the beginning of their tenure at the academy. Paratroopers from the 173rd Abn. Bde. are in Ukraine for the second of several planned rotations to train Ukraine's newly-formed nati

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Lt. Col. Michael Kloepper (fourth from right), commander of the Army's 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and 2nd Lt. Ivan Ivashchenko (third from right), an officer with the 173rd Abn. Bde., attend a swearing-in ceremony Sept. 5, 2015, alongside Ukrainian and Canadian guests at the Ukrainian Military Academy in L'viv, Ukraine. First-year cadets take an oath to serve their country at the beginning of their tenure at the academy. Paratroopers from the 173rd Abn. Bde. are in Ukraine for the second of several planned rotations 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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