(from left) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Lt. Gen. Pavlo Tkachuk, commander of the Ukrainian Army Academy, discuss the details of the upcoming combined civil-emergency exercise Sept. 21, 2015, during their visit to the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine. During the visit they had lunch with paratroopers from the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade. 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 throug

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(from left) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Lt. Gen. Pavlo Tkachuk, commander of the Ukrainian Army Academy, discuss the details of the upcoming combined civil-emergency exercise Sept. 21, 2015, during their visit to the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine. During the visit they had lunch with paratroopers from the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade. 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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