Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y., intermingle with their foreign counterparts prior to the closing ceremony for Exercise CENTRAZBAT '98, in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on Sept. 28, 1998. Exercise CENTRAZBAT '98 involves more than 450 military personnel from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan who are training with over 250 U.S. military troops to hone their peacekeeping skills. The exercise is designed to enhance regional cooperation and increase interoperability training among NATO and Partnership for Peace nations.