A U.S. Army soldier with an operational mentor and liaison team scans for opposing forces out of a gunner hatch during training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, on Jan. 17, 2012. Ten operational mentor and liaison teams took part in 17 days of training designed to prepare them for critical missions in support of Afghanistan's security. The training prepared the mentor and liaison teams to deploy to Afghanistan and work with Afghan National Army soldiers.