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Sgt. Zachary Sarver and Spc. Gary Vandenbos negotiate with a role-playing inebriated woodsman during Exercise Peaceshield 2000.
Sgt. Zachary Sarver (center) and Spc. Gary Vandenbos (left) negotiate with a role-playing inebriated woodsman whose land their patrol passed through during a field training portion of Exercise Peaceshield 2000 in Yavoriv, Ukraine, on July 16, 2000. Approximately 1000 soldiers from 22 countries are taking part in the peacekeeping training exercise at the Partnership for Peace Training Center at Yavoriv. Sarver and Vandenbos are attached to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, Illinois Army National Guard.