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U.S. ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Pfc. Nicholas Krainik, a psychological operations specialist with the 393rd Psychological Operations Company, conducts scenario-based training with his team at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 16, 2021.

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U.S. Army Col. Franklin J. Estes poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va, May 21, 2021.

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Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers military competition

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Pvt. James Pangle, a psychological operations specialist for the 16th Psychological Operations Battalion, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), left, operates a next generation loudspeaker system as Sgt. Eduardo Villarreal, a psychological operations specialist for the 16th POB, right, looks over the script used by Pangle during equipment familiarization July 16, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The NGLS is an audio system that is modular and easily moved from location to location.

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Pvt. James Pangle, a psychological operations specialist for the 16th Psychological Operations Battalion, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), left, operates a next generation loudspeaker system during equipment familiarization July 16, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The NGLS is an audio system that is modular and easily moved from location to location.

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Pvt. James Pangle, a psychological operations specialist for the 16th Psychological Operations Battalion, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), operates a next generation loudspeaker system during equipment familiarization July 16, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The NGLS is an audio system that is modular and easily moved from location to location.

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Pvt. James Pangle, a psychological operations specialist for the 16th Psychological Operations Battalion, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command Airborne), operates a next generation loudspeaker system during equipment familiarization July 16, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The NGLS is an audio system that is modular and easily moved from location to location.

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Staff Sgt. Ryan Beckman, a psychological operations specialist for the 13th Psychological Operations Battalion, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), operates a next generation loudspeaker system during equipment familiarization July 16, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The NGLS is an audio system that is modular and easily moved from location to location.

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Sgt. Justin Dobratz, a psychological operations specialist for the 13th Psychological Operations Battalion, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), plays music on a next generation loudspeaker system during equipment familiarization July 16, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The NGLS is an audio system that is modular and easily moved from location to location.

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Staff Sgt. Ryan Beckman, a psychological operations specialist for the 13th Psychological Operations Battalion, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, reviews his script as Sgt. Justin Dobratz, a psychological operations specialist for the 13th POB, prepares to play music on a next generation loudspeaker system during equipment familiarization July 16, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The NGLS is an audio system that is modular and easily moved from location to location.

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Staff Sgt. Ryan Beckman, a psychological operations specialist for the 13th Psychological Operations Battalion, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), prepares a next generation loudspeaker system during equipment familiarization July 16, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The NGLS is an audio system that is modular and easily moved from location to location.

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Military proud family continues tradition of patriotism, service as officers

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Military proud family continues tradition of patriotism, service as officers

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Military proud family continues tradition of patriotism, service as officers

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U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 404th Civil Affairs Battallion and the Moroccan Gendarmerie conduct a mass-screening event in Tifnit, Morocco, on June 13, 2021. Africa Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command’s largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia, and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. African Lion 21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, which employs a full array of mission and capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants.

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U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 404th Civil Affairs Battalion and the Moroccan Gendarmerie, conduct a mass-screening event in Tifnit, Morocco, on June 13, 2021. Africa Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command’s largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia, and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. Africa Lion 21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, which employs a full array of mission and capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants.

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