Capt. Demetrius Treadway, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company Commander for the Connecticut National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, demonstrates the kneeling firing stance for Turkish and Armenian soldiers before an M-9 pistol qualification exercise, Sept. 23, 2015, on Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The 1-169th Aviation Regiment is serving as the Multinational Battle Group-East Southern Command Post, also known as Task Force Hurricane, and is made up of Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers and multinational partners dedicated to NATO’s peace support mission in Kosovo.

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Capt. Demetrius Treadway, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company Commander for the Connecticut National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, demonstrates the kneeling firing stance for Turkish and Armenian soldiers before an M-9 pistol qualification exercise, Sept. 23, 2015, on Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The 1-169th Aviation Regiment is serving as the Multinational Battle Group-East Southern Command Post, also known as Task Force Hurricane, and is made up of Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers and multinational partners dedicated to NATO’s peace support mission in Kosovo. Multinational events like this allow the Battle Group’s soldiers to build relationships and interoperability between partner nations. ( Army photo by Sgt. David Marquis, Multinational Battle Group-East)

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