ART16 is a U.S. Army Africa-led exercise that brings together U.S. and Senegalese infantry units for partnered training.

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Mac Broich, an instructor with the Vermont Army National Guard’s Regional Training Institute, observes rounds for a soldier from the Senegalese Army’s 1st Paratrooper Battalion at a range July 13, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 2016. ART 2016 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live fire events. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Craig Philbrick/Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Inf. Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Inf. Division and the Senegalese Army's 1st Paratrooper Battalion rehearse mortar crew drills July 12, in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 2016. ART 2016 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live fire events. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Craig Philbrick/Released)

A Senegalese soldier provides security during a squad-level exercise July 13, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 2016. ART 2016 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live fire events. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)

ART is the first in a series of planned annual U.S. Army Africa-led exercises that brings together AFRICOM's Regionally Aligned Force with African partners to increase readiness.

A Senegalese soldier with 1st Paratrooper Battalion gives movement orders to his team during a squad-level exercise July 14, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 16. ART16 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live-fire events. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)

A Senegalese soldier with 1st Paratrooper Battalion carries an 81mm mortar tube during a patrol July 22, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 16. ART16 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live-fire events. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt)

A Senegalese soldier with 1st Paratrooper Battalion carries an 81mm mortar tube during a patrol July 22, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 16. ART16 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live-fire events. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt)

Central Accord 2016 is the largest, most complex USARAF-led exercise to date.

Indian Army Lt. Col. Ajay Dogra, military training officer with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, teaches Central Accord 2016 participants about U.N. functions and procedures June 14, at the Cooperative Security Location in Libreville, Gabon. U.S. Army Africa's exercise Central Accord 2016 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise that brings together partner nations to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)

Senior military leaders meet at NATO forum in Brussels

Capt. Bryan Neal, operations planner for 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, discusses training priorities for exercise Eastern Accord 2016 with Lt. Col. Hozza, a Tanzanian People’s Defense Force officer, during the final planning event site visit to the Tanzanian Peacekeeping Training Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 3. Soldiers of 1-9 FA are supporting EA 2016 this summer as part of the regionally allocated force for U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Jarrod Morris)

Maj. Michael Gacheru, U.S. Army Africa, and Capt. Michael Kearnes, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, are briefed at the Senegalese training facility where the African Readiness Training 2016 exercise will take place. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Anielka DiFelice)

Sgt. First Class Jason Giacomucci, logistics planner for U.S. Army Africa, and Lt. Col. Mamadou Laminet Kouate, logistics officer for the Senegalese Army, discuss plans to support the African Readiness Training 2016 exercise during the initial planning event in Dakar, Senegal, Jan. 12-14. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Anielka DiFelice)

Maj. Michael Gacheru, U.S. Army Africa, and Capt. Michael Kearnes, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, are briefed at the Senegalese training facility where the African Readiness Training 2016 exercise will take place. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Capt. Anielka DiFelice)

Leaders with 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, learned about partner nations in Africa during a seminar shortly before assuming the role of regionally aligned forces under U.S. Africa Command.

Infantrymen with 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, run to an objective during a live-fire exercise on Fort Stewart, Ga., June 24, 2015. The brigade assumed the role of regionally aligned forces to U.S. Africa Command Oct. 1. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Joshua Laidacker, 2nd IBCT, 3rd ID Public Affairs)