Service members with the Botswana Defense Force secure the area around an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 17, 2019. The exercise was part of a two-day culminating event that included a simulated airplane hijacking. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alabama, and New Jersey trained in partnership with their Botswana Defense Force counterparts during Upward Minuteman 2019, a U.S. Africa Command exercise promoting the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Programs on the African Continent. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Junell)
Date Taken: | 07.17.2019 |
Date Posted: | 07.24.2019 17:12 |
Photo ID: | 5609137 |
VIRIN: | 190717-Z-GT365-0067 |
Resolution: | 5445x3630 |
Size: | 2.85 MB |
Location: | GABORONE, BW |
Web Views: | 53 |
Downloads: | 4 |
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