Cooperative Resolve 2012, Bavaria, Germany

Brig. Gen. Safak Gök (left), Turkish land forces, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michael Bills (right), US Army Europe (USAREUR) G3, listen to a briefing by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Brian Bowen (center), Chief, Joint Combined Exercises at USAREUR, about "Cooperative Resolve 2012" at the Joint Multinational Simulation Center, Grafenwoehr, Germany, June 22, 2012. Cooperative Resolve is a battalion-level command post exercise focused on simulated joint military operations. The purpose is to enhance interoperability by giving commanders and their staff practical exercises in organizing, controlling and supporting North Atlantic Treaty Organization operations.