Photos from June, 2004

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s first State level Minister of Defense, Nikola Radovanovic signs an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with Maj. Gen. Edward LaFountaine of the U.S. European Command. (U.S. European Command Photo) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Staff Sgt. Stephen Long instructs U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall on firing the AK-47 assault rifle. Ambassador Wall recently visited the training site where Marines are training the Chadian Army's Anti-Terrorist Unit as part of a State Department initiative called the Pan Sahel Initiative. (Photo by: Cpl Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
The Honorable Marc Wall, U.S. Ambassador to Chad, greets Maj. Gen. Jack A. Davis, Deputy Commander U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe, at the Chadian Army Anti-terrorist Battalion graduation held at the Chadian Army Camp 27. Maj. Paul Baker, center, is the commanding officer of PSI. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Staff Sgt. Rick English walks into the line up of Chadians waiting for medical attention to evaluate a sick person to determine if he was in need of immediate attention. The reservists were a combined medical team who joined a 25-member U.S. Marine contingent as part of the PSI. (USAF photo by TSgt Chance Babin) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Maj. Mike Cooper, a physicians assistant with the 445 Aerospace Medical Squadron, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, gives a young Chadian baby some medication while on a humanitarian mission in Chad. The reservists were a combined medical team who joined a 25-member U.S. Marine contingent as part of the PSI. (USAF photo by TSgt Chance Babin) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Staff Sgt. Rick English gives an immunization shot to a young Chadian girl while on a humanitarian mission in Chad. The reservists were a combined medical team who joined a 25-member U.S. Marine contingent as part of the PSI. (USAF photo by TSgt Chance Babin) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Capt. Andy Lobl, 911th AW physician, checks a young baby's lungs as part of a humanitarian mission in Chad. The reservists were a combined medical team who joined a 25-member U.S. Marine contingent as part of the PSI. (USAF photo by TSgt Chance Babin) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Tech. Sgt. Rey Garcia works to start an IV an a young Chadian girl who was dying of dehydration and malnutrition. Maj. Robert McCoy and Staff Sgt Rick English prepare the IV bag The 13-person medical team was in Chad as part of the Pan-Sahel Initiative providing humanitarian medical treatment. (USAF photo by TSgt Chance Babin) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Brig. Gen. Mahamat Saleh Kaya, Joint-Chiefs-of-Staff of Chadian Armed Forces, reviews the graduating platoons during the graduation ceremony at Chadian Army Camp 27. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Brig. Gen. Mahamat Saleh Kaya, Joint-Chiefs-of-Staff of the Chadian Armed Forces congratulates 1st platoon honor graduate Chadian Lieutenant Abakar Ibrahim Iguah during the graduation ceremony at Chadian Army Camp 27 as Maj. Paul Baker, commanding officer of PSI, looks on. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
GySgt. Eric Coughlin, PSI Instructor/trainer supervises Chadian soldiers as they perform pull ups during a physical training session. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Marc Wall, U.S. Ambassador to Chad observes a formation of Chadian soldiers participating in training under the Pan Sahel Initiative. As part of the State Department initiative, a team of Marines and Sailors from Marine Corps Forces Europe is training the soldiers in individual infantry skills up to company-level tactics. The objective of the program is to enable countries in the African Sahel region to stem the flow of illicit arms, goods and people through their borders. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Gunnery Sgt. Eric Coughlin instructs a Chadian soldier on the finer points of marksmanship with the AK-47 assault rifle. Coughlin and other Marines and Sailors are in Chad as part of the Pan Sahel Initiative, a State Department program designed to help participating nations in Africa's Sahel region deny safe havens for terrorists within their borders. The trainers have been conducting the training in Chad for approximately three weeks. U.S. Special Forces trainers conducted similar training earlier this year in Mali and Mauritania. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Before any training takes place the Chadian military is issued uniforms and equipment. LCpl. Phillip Figareau (L) translates proper sizes and fit for the Chadian soldiers. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
Chadian soldiers line up to receive their basic uniform and equipment issue prior to the start of the field training. GySgt Edward Villella (left), PSI logistics Cheif, and LCpl. Phillip Figereau (right) French Translator facilitate the gear issue. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
U.S. Marines supervise Chadian soldiers as they practice maintenance on their AK-47 assault rifles. The Marines are part of a team of Marine Corps Forces Europe, Marine Corps Forces Atlantic, and II Marine Expeditionary Force Marines and Sailors who are training Chadian soldiers in individual through company level infantry skills. The training is part of a State Department initiative to reduce the flow of illicit arms, goods and people through Chad's borders and deny safe havens to terrorists. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
1stLt. Marcus P. Cornelius (right), 3rd platoon team leader, leads his platoon in a conditioning run at the Koundoul Training Instruction Center in Chad, Africa. Cornelius will lead the platoon for the next eight weeks, teaching them individual and small unit level tactics. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
1stLt. Timothy J. Dekryger, PSI XO, instructor/trainer assists a Chadian soldier with the proper fit of his pack after the initial uniform and equipment issue. (USMC photo by Cpl. Lameen Witter) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
LTG John B. Sylvester, U.S. European Command Chief of Staff, meets with BG Valdas Tutkus, the new Chief of Defense for Lithuania. LTG Sylvester hosted a lunch for members of the Lithuanian Defense Staff and EUCOM representatives during his visit to Vilnius Lithuania, Jun 22. (U.S. EUCOM Photo) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...