Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, under the direction of Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Rick Bloss (Not shown), march onto the parade grounds for the start of the CENTRASBAT (CENTRAL ASIAN PEACEKEEPING BATTALION) 2000 opening ceremonies on September 13th, 2000. CENTRASBAT is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by Central Command ( CENTCOM) and hosted by former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, from Sept. 11th to the 20th. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U. S. troops, including personnel from C
Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, under the direction of Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Rick Bloss (Not shown), march onto the parade grounds for the start of the CENTRASBAT (CENTRAL ASIAN PEACEKEEPING BATTALION) 2000 opening ceremonies on September 13th, 2000. CENTRASBAT is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by Central Command ( CENTCOM) and hosted by former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, from Sept. 11th to the 20th. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U. S. troops, including personnel from CENTCOM, from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 5th .... [Complete] Scene Caption: Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, under the direction of Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Rick Bloss (Not shown), march onto the parade grounds for the start of the CENTRASBAT (CENTRAL ASIAN PEACEKEEPING BATTALION) 2000 opening ceremonies on September 13th, 2000. CENTRASBAT is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by Central Command ( CENTCOM) and hosted by former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, from Sept. 11th to the 20th. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U. S. troops, including personnel from CENTCOM, from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 5th Special Forces Group from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and 300 Kazakhstan soldiers. Other participating nations include: Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Mongolia (All not shown). CENTRASBAT originated in 1996, and was concepted to form a battalion of soldiers from the former Soviet Republics of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to serve as a key component in developing a regional security and cooperation structure. CENTRASBAT 00 will test US and Central Asian units combat readiness and ability to conduct peacekeeping and humani
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