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| Keywords: Centrasbat.jpg en Members of the Russian Military pass in review during CENTRASBAT Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion 2000 opening ceremonies on September 13th 2000 CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command U S CENTCOM and hosted by former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia Sep 11-20 2000 Exercise participants include approximately 300 U S troops including personnel from U S CENTCOM from the U S Army's 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg North Carolina and 5th Special Forces Group Fort Campbell Kentucky and 300 Kazakhstan soldiers Other participating nations include Uzbekistan Kyrgystan United Kingdom Turkey Russia Georgia Azerbaijan and Mongolia CENTRASBAT originated in 1996 and was concepted to form 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 U S and Central Asian units combat readiness 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 http //www defenseimagery mil/imageRetrieve action guid cedf3d8f5196c2e843b3d0682fc403e50204d176 t 1 w 538 h 538 TSGT Jim Varhegyi USAF 2000-09-15 PD-USGov Military of Russia Paratroopers Photographs of flags of Russia Soldiers of Russia CENTRAZBAT Photographs by James E Varhegyi | ||||
