Ukrainian combat training center staff and U.S. Army mentors watch as BMP-2s from the 1st Battalion, 28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade engage targets during a live-fire training exercise at the Yavoriv Combat Training center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, near Yavoriv Ukraine, on March. 16.
The live-fire exercise is part of a block of instruction taught by Ukrainian combat training center staff, who are mentored by members of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine. JMTG-U is a coalition made up of servicemembers from the Canada, Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Ukraine who are dedicated to developing the combat training center and building professionalism in the Ukrainian military.
The exercise incorporated dismounted infantry, armored vehicles, mortars, heavy machine guns and automatic grenade launchers. Ukrainian Soldiers advanced through several objectives and were faced with wire obstacles that were cleared with explosives. (Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)
Date Taken: | 03.16.2017 |
Date Posted: | 03.18.2017 07:40 |
Photo ID: | 3239801 |
VIRIN: | 170316-A-RH707-967 |
Resolution: | 4288x2848 |
Size: | 6.47 MB |
Location: | YAVORIV, UA |
Web Views: | 196 |
Downloads: | 29 |
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