Culture, language no real barriers to professional Soldiers from Zambia and US training together at Southern Accord 15.

U.S. Army military police personnel with the 93rd Military Police Battalion stand with fellow military police from the Zambian Defense Force during Exercise Southern Accord 2015 in Lusaka, Zambia on Aug. 10. The annual exercise provides U.S. military, United Nations allies and the Zambian Defense Force an opportunity to work and train together as a joint, combined peacekeeping allied force. (U.S. Army Africa photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Kimball)

Members of the Zambian Defense Force march with U.S. Army soldiers during the opening day ceremony for Exercise Southern Accord in Lusaka, Zambia on Aug. 4. The annual exercise provides U.S. military, United Nation allies and the Zambian Defense Force an opportunity to work and train together as a combined joint peacekeeping allied force. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Kimball)