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    Putting the Training to the Test: U.S. and Botswana Forces Complete Final Upward Minuteman Exercise [Image 23 of 44]

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    Putting the Training to the Test: U.S. and Botswana Forces Complete Final Upward Minuteman Exercise

    GABORONE, BOTSWANA

    07.17.2019

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Junell  

    North Carolina National Guard

    Botswana Defense Force Commandos remove hostages and hijackers from 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)

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    Date Taken: 07.17.2019
    Date Posted: 07.24.2019 17:06
    Photo ID: 5609143
    VIRIN: 190717-Z-GT365-0070
    Resolution: 6090x4060
    Size: 2.59 MB
    Location: GABORONE, BW

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