Interactions with Local Children

Military personnel engaging with children in various regions, showcasing moments of connection and community involvement.

PATROL BASE SHARK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - A Marine with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, bends down to greet local children in a small village outside his base. Children frequently come out and watch inquisitively at the Marines patrolling by, the girls dressed in brightly colored clothing, while boys generally wear clothing with little decoration.

PATROL BASE SHARK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - A Marine with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, bends down to greet local children in a small village outside his base. Children frequently come out and watch inquisitively at the Marines patrolling by, the girls dressed in brightly colored clothing, while boys generally wear clothing with little decoration.

040325-M-5753Q-014. Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051008-A-8255A-075. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Riyad State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

040713-M-5505M-010. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040325-M-5753Q-018. Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040507-F-4539R-008. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

060326-A-5745M-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

040128-F-1798W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070103-M-4937G-070. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army National Guard Sergeant 1st Class Michael Nelson, Platoon Sergeant of the Security Force (SECFOR) element of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, spends time with local children during a ceremony to commemorate the upgrading of Farah Hospital from a district hospital to a provincial one through a government provided Expanded Package of Health Services (EPHS) in Farah City, Farah Province, Afghanistan on March 10, 2012. The upgrade provides the hospital a larger budget for medical supplies and equipment. PRT Farah is a unit of Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen working with various government and non-government agencies tasked with facilitating governance and stability in the region by working hand in hand with local officials and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA). The goal of the PRT is to promote the Afghan government and their ability to resolve local issues and provide security to the people. The GIRoA and PRT are dedicated to finding long last

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Peters, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Civil Affairs Group, teaches Iraqi children how to use a fishing pole in Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2007.

070315-M-0460B-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ferris State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Pfc. Kurtis Tripp, a rifleman/squad automatic gunner with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, shakes hands with an Iraqi child during a cordon and search operation in a village west of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2007.

040328-M-5753Q-115. Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040326-M-5150A-032. Base: Hit State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Cpl. Henry Garza, a turret gunner with Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, and a native of Halletsville, Texas, helps an Afghan child learn to drink a juicebox during a patrol near Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, July 28. "I grew up in the country," said Garza. "In the summertime where I'm from, the kids just try to occupy themselves outdoors like these kids do."

051215-A-6365W-179. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 ID

030411-F-8362B-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040325-M-5753Q-005. Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060328-A-3749Z-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

Young girls wait in line to receive medical aid supplies from U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division during a medical operation in Sabah Nissan, Iraq, March 27, 2008.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Rob Farnsworth, with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company (Engineers), 325th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, greets locals during a joint patrol through Baghdad, Iraq, June 15, 2007.

040325-M-5753Q-011. Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Cpl. David Stigers, from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to Task Force 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, plays with a young Iraqi boy while his team questions his mother in order to fill out a census form in Tameem, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. The census is being conducted to gather general information about Iraqi households and to see if citizens have any concerns or questions that the Soldiers can answer.

051002-A-4339E-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 48TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM

060326-A-5745M-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

040609-M-5150A-061. Base: Hit State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041023-M-8205V-007. Base: Saqlawiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060317-A-5745M-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

041228-M-5585B-008. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bill Schalck, with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, examines an Afghan child during a combined medical engagement in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2009. Schalck provides medical care for anyone who comes to the engagement.

060308-A-5745M-043. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

051122-A-7969G-043. Base: Al Qudria Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070117-A-2852T-021. Base: Mosul State: Ninawa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Scott MacLaren, right, of Bravo Troop, 3rd Battalion, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, speaks with a local national at a market in the Salman Pak area of East Baghdad, Iraq, March 31, 2007, during a combined patrol with Iraqi policemen.

030418-F-1644L-029. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030424-A-7096B-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030430-M-5972A-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jimmy Carabello, of Ft. Drum, N.Y., shows Afghan children how to exchange the informal 'fist bump' greeting while on a patrol through the streets of Asadabad city in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 19. Carabello is deployed with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, which is currently serving as part of Task Force Mountain Warrior.

041103-M-0095Z-007. Base: Ad Diwaniyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060127-A-1526R-014. Base: Poptun State: Peten Country: Guatemala (GTM)

040715-M-5505M-025. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040618-F-5789F-002. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Lance Cpl. Dominique Holliday talks to an Afghan boy while providing security during a security patrol here, June 7. Holliday, a native of Chicago, is a rifleman with 3rd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company. During the patrol, his squad found an improvised explosive device. The squad has encountered three IEDs, the most of any squad in 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment during the deployment so far. The battalion supports Regimental Combat Team 1, under 2nd Marine Division (Forward), which serves as the ground combat element in Helmand. The mission of the division is to partner with Afghan National Security Forces to conduct counterinsurgency operations to secure the Afghan people, defeat insurgent forces, and enable ANSF to assume security responsibilities in the region. Ultimately, the partnered forces promote the expansion of stability, development and legitimate governance.

060127-A-1526R-104. Base: Poptun State: Peten Country: Guatemala (GTM) Scene Major Command Shown: 94TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL

060207-A-3749Z-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew Hickey, from Saint Paul, Minn., assigned to A Battery, speaks with local Afghan nationals while out on patrol April 7. A Battery is part of the 2nd Bn., 377 Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan Steel.

050712-A-8255A-085. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Showka Village State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Sgt. Jason Ruckman, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, plays with Iraqi children while on a mission in Mahmudiyah, about 35 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, March 18, 2008.

030402-F-1631A-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Bulgaria (BGR)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tom Morton, a 23-year-old team leader with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Nashville, Tenn., hands an Afghan child a toy during a security patrol here, Feb. 25. On the patrol, the 3rd Platoon Marines partnered with Afghan National Police to search for insurgent activity in Safar Bazaar, Garmsir districtÄôs busiest commercial center. They mentor the ANP in a partnered combat operations center at PB Bury, and patrol with them throughout Safar. The partnership is a vital part of preparing the Afghan National Security Forces to assume lead security responsibility in Garmsir.

030408-M-5607A-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030503-F-2034C-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Personal Security Detail Sgt. Kevin Dodson of Colorado Springs, Colo., leads the way as Spc. Fout is escorted by a young Iraqi boy through Muhalla 511 in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sept. 27, 2008.

040716-F-1351B-133. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asyria State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of NATO and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan, visits a successful road construction project in the Badakshan province, Regional Command North, Sept. 30. Petraeus also attended a shura with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry.

060318-A-0527A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A Marine officer watches as a photographer records information in a notebook during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

While on a Humanitarian Civilian Assistance Team Village visit to the village of Haji Lalay Kalacha, First Lieutenant (1LT) Bert Baker treats a young boys throat during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Haji Lalay Kalacha Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060518-A-0527A-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagran Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

041116-F-2034C-002. Base: Ad Dwr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Sgt. Stephen Covell, a native of Pacific Grove, Calif., along with an Iraqi girl go down a slide at the playground during the reopening of the Al-Moutasam Kindergarten March 3 in the Rusafa district of eastern Baghdad. Covell is a medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad

051003-A-8255A-138. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060127-A-0527A-026. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Navy Lt. Jason P. Rice, flight surgeon with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), checks a childs heartbeat May 15 during a village medical outreach outside Naw-Abad, Afghanistan. Marines and medical officers from Brigade Headquarters Group and 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, I MEF (FWD), and an Afghan national army medic from Camp Shorabak, set up and conducted the outreach to provide medical care and assess long term medical needs.

GUNNERY SGT. Luis Diaz, Facilities Maintenance, Combat Service Support Detachment 37, entertains an evacuee child with a lab-top computer. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element Preventative Medicine hands out vitamins and other non-prescription medicines April 27, 2022, in the Tuixcox community of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, during a Global Health Engagement. In partnership with the Guatemala Ministry of Health, JTF-B provided womens health, preventative medicine, triage, primary care, dental and pharmacy care to more than 450 people in two days. These efforts enhance stability, increase readiness through medical training and showcase our enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity in the region.

LTC Buckley, Commanding Officer of 2-87 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY, leans down to shake hands with a young Haitian boy who is part of the crowd of Haitians gathered to show their support during Operation Uphold Democracy. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

A child tries on an Explosive Ordinance Disposal helmet while attending the Police Week 2022 Static Display event on Misawa Air Base, Japan on May 18, 2022.

Sgt. Kevin Dixon pulls security as a young girl looks down at her new winter jacket after an Afghan government official and Afghan National Police officers distributed humanitarian aid during a wroowali mission to Bakorzai village, Afghanistan, Dec. 22. Wroowali, or brotherhood, missions are designed to bring the Afghan people closer to their government. Sergeant Dixon is part of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Cris Melgar of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division shows children a Humvee during a visit at Zagan, Poland, Jan. 25, 2022. Soldiers of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division demonstrated Humvees to children, gave out nametapes and goodies, and let them wear helmets and military equipment as part of community outreach with the people of Zagan. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Hassani Ribera)

Sgt. Danny Galarza, a military police officer by military occupational specialty and is now a government specialist and squad leader with the 192nd Liaison Monitoring Team (LMT) for Multinational Battle Group East, hands out candy to some of the children living in Mucibaba/Mucibabe when the LMTs went to visit some of the families living in the area.

030430-A-9157N-014. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2003 Base: Constanza Country: Dominica (DMA)

Staff Sgt. Eric Mc Ginnis, infantryman and battle non-commissioned officer with A Company 2/162 IN, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team hands out school supplies to children in a village near CSC Scania Jan. 27. The soldiers delivered 400 bags of school supplies to the students.

Sgt. Alec Hoekema, a crew chief assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division shows a young boy how to properly buckle his seatbelt in a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at the 19th Annual USO Armed Forces Half Marathon & Freedom 5K/10K in Jacksonville, Florida, October 8, 2022. The mission of the USO Armed Forces Half Marathon & Freedom 5K/10K is to strengthen the bond between the civilian and military communities, promote sound physical health and fitness, and support of all five branches of the military and their family members.

Kurdish refugees gather outside a medical clinic and water purification station set up on the outskirts of the city by Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040706-F-1351B-016. Base: Zarkha Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

050902-A-0527A-018. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Zakeresharif Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Timothy Ballard, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field Fl., carries a 6 year old boy from a helicopter to a Special Operations field clinic at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prior to being air lifted to a state side hospital in southern Fl. Jan 19, 2010. Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010.

031030-F-0981H-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

UN blue helmets on patrol, MINUSTAH, Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haiti, Young in the way, Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti, Central America

GREYWOLF Trooper, Cpl. Tais Ruiz Ocasio, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, shows Polish students from Drawsko Pomorskie Preschool how to carve pumpkins, Oct. 28, 2022. Events like these continue to strengthen the bonds between the Polish community and the U.S. Army.

CROW VALLEY, Republic of the Philippines - Staff Sgt. Alberto Oliveras, motor-transport maintenance chief for Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), reads to students from St. Juliana School during a community relations event, March 12.The COMREL was in support of Exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK 10). Servicemembers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the 31st MEU are training together during BK 10 to hone their civil-military interoperability skills to ensure more responsive, efficient and effective relief efforts.

041218-F-6395A-006. Base: Shatt Al Arab Elementary School State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030416-F-4806N-006. Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

221105-N-VQ841-1047 PUERTO CORTES, Honduras (Nov. 5, 2022) Musician 2nd Class Andrea Pharis, from Haddon Heights, New Jersey, assigned to U.S. Fleet Forces Band, talks with a child at the Hagar de Niños San Ramon orphanage, Nov. 5, 2022. Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Soldiers of the 101st Division Band perform for students of Basanti Elementary School April 1, 2022, on Fort Campbell, KY. This performance was a part of the Music in Our Schools Month'' and helps to build the relationship between the service members and military families.

041211-M-0036Y-009. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

010921-F-2454T-003. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Kurdish children gather around CMDR. Donald Thurston of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 7 (NEPMU-7) as he passes out items from a Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) at a refugee camp near the city of Zakhu. U.S. and coalition troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030823-A-4783J-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gardez State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ian Acosta Villanueva, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 174, and a native of North Carolina, plays musical chairs with the students from the Bankhaocha-Angkromklong School at Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 15, 2024. Marines of MWSS-174 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

041112-M-0095Z-022. Base: Ash Shafiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Service members with Joint Task Force - Bethel assist local residents with damaged property as part of Operation Merbok Response in Toksook Bay, Alaska, Sept. 24, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

011222-A-0384P-003. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Southeast

Children pose in front of a group of soldiers around an M-998 series vehicle during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. A portable public address system is on the roof of the M-998. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Angela Cardone, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, gifts a lei to a family member of Sgt. Maj. Lester L. Williams, offgoing sergeant major, during the MCBH Relief and Appointment and Retirement ceremony, MCBH, Aug. 19, 2022. Williams was relieved by Sgt. Maj. Joseph J. Caputo as the MCBH Sergeant Major. Williams served over 30 years in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Service members with Joint Task Force - Bethel play with local children while taking a break from assisting with property damage as part of Operation Merbok Response in Toksook Bay, Alaska, Sept. 24, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

050110-F-1575M-004. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nazarro, assigned to 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, poses with local Czech children on a M1A2 Abrams main battle tank during Czechias NATO Days at the Leos Janacek Ostrava Airport in Ostrava, Czechia, Sept. 17, 2022. NATO Days aimed to display a wide spectrum of the Czech Republics security provisional resources and capabilities, as well as the 19 other participating allies and partners, to strengthen interoperability among the NATO countries.

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