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2:01 PM12/27/2017

Yavoriv, Ukraine – 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine host a Christmas dinner at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center near Yavoriv, Ukraine. Currently more than 220 of the Brigade's Soldiers are deployed overseas working alongside the Ukrainian Army. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alexander Rector)

5:18 PM10/11/2017

A Ukrainian soldier assigned to the Yavoriv Combat Training Center opposing force unit engages approaching soldiers from the Ukrainian army's 1st Airmobile Battalion, 79th Air Assault Brigade during a battalion force-on-force exercise that served as the battalion's capstone event while training at the Yavoriv CTC on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, near Yavoriv, Ukraine, on June 29. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

5:15 PM10/11/2017

A Ukrainian soldier assigned to the Yavoriv Combat Training Center opposing force unit observes his field of fire, watching for approaching soldiers from the Ukrainian army's 1st Airmobile Battalion, 79th Air Assault Brigade during a battalion force-on-force exercise that served as the battalion's capstone event while training at the Yavoriv CTC on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, near Yavoriv, Ukraine, on June 29. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:40 PM10/11/2017

A Ukrainian army noncommissioned officer assigned to the Yavoriv Combat Training Center opposing force unit listens to Sgt. Christopher Hammond during an NCO professional development class at the CTC on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Western Ukraine, on Oct. 7. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:38 PM10/11/2017

A Ukrainian army noncommissioned officer teaches a class about the AK-74 rifle during a combined U.S. and Ukrainian NCO professional development class at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Western Ukraine, on Oct. 7. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:48 PM8/28/2017

A Ukrainian soldier salutes his country's flag during a Ukrainian Independence Day celebration in Yavoriv, Ukraine, on Aug. 24. (Photo by Spc. Samuel Mason, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:39 PM8/28/2017

Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team march alongside Ukrainian troops and other NATO allies and partners during a parade in Kyiv, Ukraine on Aug. 24, to celebrate Ukrainian independence. The 45th IBCT is currently deployed to Ukraine in support of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, an international coalition dedicated to building the training capacity of the Ukrainian Army. The U.S. will continue to train and advise Ukrainian forces until 2020. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:35 PM8/28/2017

Lt. Col. Bruce Lambeth, the commander of the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, waits to speak at a celebration for Ukraine’s 26th Independence Day in Yavoriv, Ukraine on Aug. 24. The 45th is deployed to Ukraine as part of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, an international coalition dedicated to building professionalism within the Ukrainian army. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Eric McDonough, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

1:35 PM6/22/2017

A warning sign marks an impact area at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center near Yavoriv, Ukraine. Range improvement operations are currently in progress to clear several areas on the IPSC of unexploded ordinance. Four civilian demining teams, contracted by the U.S. Army through the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, are working toward the goal of clearing 1,800 hectares of UXO by 2018. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kayla Christopher, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

11:55 AM6/22/2017

Maj. Christopher Watson, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine range operations officer, and Capt. Montana Dugger, 45th IBCT and JMTG-U engineer, evaluate the progress that has been made toward clearing areas of unexploded ordinance at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center near Yavoriv, Ukraine on June 16. Range improvement operations are currently in progress to clear several areas on the IPSC of UXO. Four civilian demining teams, contracted by the U.S. Army through the JMTG-U, are working toward the goal of clearing 1,800 hectares of UXO by 2018. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kayla Christopher, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

11:54 AM6/22/2017

Different colored flags are used to mark off areas that have been cleared of unexploded ordinance and areas that still need to be cleared at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center near Yavoriv, Ukraine. Range improvement operations are currently in progress to clear several areas on the IPSC of UXO. Four civilian demining teams, contracted by the U.S. Army through the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, are working toward the goal of clearing 1,800 hectares of UXO by 2018. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kayla Christopher, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:38 PM5/25/2017

Sgt. Matthew Councill, a member of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine, listens as a Ukrainian soldier gives his team a mission brief before conducting section attack training at a Ukrainian base near Zhytomyr, Ukraine, on May 22. U.S. Soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine are working alongside Canadian troops to train Ukrainian noncommissioned officers in Zhytomyr before their battalion arrives at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center for a 55-day training rotation later this year. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:32 PM5/25/2017

Staff Sgt. Kevin Lawson, a Tulsa, Oklahoma resident a member of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine, gives his feedback to Ukrainian noncommissioned officers after watching them conduct section attack training at their base near Zhytomyr, Ukraine, on May 22. Lawson and other members of JMTG-U are in Zhytomyr teaching Ukrainian NCOs leadership skills similar to what U.S. soldiers learn in the Basic Leader Course. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:30 PM5/25/2017

Sgt. Matthew Councill, a member of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine, provides feedback to Ukrainian noncommissioned officers who were team leaders during a section attack training exercise at the Ukrainian's base near Zhytomyr, Ukraine, on May 22. U.S. Soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine are working alongside Canadian troops to train Ukrainian noncommissioned officers in Zhytomyr before their battalion arrives at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center for a 55-day training rotation later this year. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:26 PM5/25/2017

Sgt. Matthew Councill, a member of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine, shouts commands to his team of Canadian soldiers during a combined U.S. - Canadian demonstration of a section attack for Ukrainian noncommissioned officers during Junior Leader Advanced Training at a Ukrainian army base near Zhytomyr, Ukraine, on May 22. U.S. Soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine are working alongside Canadian troops to train Ukrainian noncommissioned officers in Zhytomyr before their battalion arrives at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center for a 55-day training rotation later this year. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:15 PM5/25/2017

Sgt. Matthew Councill, a member of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine, bounds forward with a team of Canadian soldiers while acting as the second in charge of a combined Canadian - U.S. Army section during a section attack demonstration for Ukrainian noncommissioned officers at a Ukrainian army base near Zhytomyr, Ukraine, on May 22. U.S. Soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine are working alongside Canadian troops to train Ukrainian noncommissioned officers in Zhytomyr before their battalion arrives at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center for a 55-day training rotation later this year. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

4:10 PM5/25/2017

A Canadian soldier teaches a class to Ukrainian noncommissioned officers during Junior Leader Advanced Training at a Ukrainian army base near Zhytomyr, Ukraine, on May 22. U.S. Soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine are working alongside Canadian troops to train Ukrainian noncommissioned officers in Zhytomyr before their battalion arrives at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center for a 55-day training rotation later this year. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

10:26 AM4/5/2017

STUTTGART, Germany - Rear Adm. Paul Verrastro (center), U.S. European Command Director of Logistics signs a multinational air transportation, aerial refueling, and other exchange of services (ATARES) program agreement Mar. 24, 2017. The ATERES program is a milestone agreement is the culmination of an eight year staffing effort within the U.S. government between EUCOM, Congress, Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of State, Transportation Command, and U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. European Command photo by Master Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr.)

11:04 AM1/18/2017

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Partner Advised Training Team and 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Huggins (left) discusses the status of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' non-commissioned officer development with Lithuanian Lt. Col. Rolandas Kiškis (right), a NATO representative to Ukraine who serves as Chairman of the Multinational Joint Commission Sub-Committee on Ukrainian NCO development in Kiev, Ukraine.

1:44 PM10/12/2016

Soldiers from U.S., Ukraine, Canada, Poland and Lithuania stand for the National Anthems during an opening ceremony for the fifth training rotation here, Oct. 8. The ceremony officially marks the start of Ukraine's 1st Battalion, 80th Airmobile Brigade's 55-day training rotation as part of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine. The mission of JMTG-U is to reinforce defensive skills of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in order to increase their capacity for self-defense. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Tarr)

11:54 AM12/1/2015

A mortarman with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade makes adjustments to his 81-millimeter mortar system during Fearless Guardian April 25, 2015 in Yavoriv, Ukraine. The 173rd Airborne Brigade will train several battalions of Ukraine's newly-established National Guard over a six-month period at the request of the Ukrainian government. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)

12:44 PM6/19/2015

Lt. Col. Kyle Reed (foreground left), commander of 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, presents an award to a soldier from the Ukrainian national guard's 3029th Regiment during a Fearless Guardian graduation ceremony June 13, 2015, in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Paratroopers from the 173rd Abn. Bde. are in Ukraine for the first of several planned rotations to train Ukraine's newly-formed national guard as part of Fearless Guardian, which is scheduled to last six months. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)