Multinational forces participate in Regional Cooperation exercise in Kyrgyzstan

Staff Sgt. Eduardo Ausmann observes Kyrgyz Republic Lt. Salamat Temirbekov search for simulated contaminated materials as part a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives training scenario during Exercise Regional Cooperation 12 at the Koi Tash Military Academy, June 22, 2012. Service members from the Transit Center at Manas participated in the exercise to help strengthen relationships and cooperation of attending nations. Regional Cooperation 12 is a multinational exercise designed to strengthen relationships and promote regional cooperation among the participating nations while offering coordinated, rapid response scenarios in the event of a disaster affecting multiple countries within the region. Ausmann is a 376th Expeditionary Medical Group bioenvironmental engineer deployed out of Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and is a native of Porto Alegre, Brazil. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)