An Austrian soldier armed with a Steyr AUG rifle provides security during Final Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Final Training Exercise 2 consists of Military Operations in Urban Terrain, Security and Civil Disturbance Operations at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations contributing troops are Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. In addition, the following countries are providing observers to the exercise: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, and Denmark. Location: MARINE CORPS BASE, CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA (NC) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
LCPL R. L. KUGLER JR., USMC
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