Kazakhstan soldiers demonstrate check point operations during the start Centrasbat 2000 in Kazakhstan, Sept. 15, 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by Central Command ( CENTCOM) and hosted by former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, Sept. 11-20, 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U. S. troops including personnel from CENTCOM, from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, , and 5thSpecial Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky., and 300 Kazakhstan soldiers. Other participating n
Kazakhstan soldiers demonstrate check point operations during the start Centrasbat 2000 in Kazakhstan, Sept. 15, 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by Central Command ( CENTCOM) and hosted by former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, Sept. 11-20, 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U. S. troops including personnel from CENTCOM, from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, , and 5thSpecial Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky., 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 concepted toform a battalion of soldiers from the former Soviet Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan and Uzbekistan to serve as a key component in developing a regional security and cooperation structure. CENTRASBAT 2000 will test and Central Asian units combatreadiness and ability to conduct peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, as well as develop and build cooperative relationships between the respective states and assist in laying the foundation for future peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi) ()
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