Readiness

Marine Sgt. Thomas Campbell, an infantryman and class instructor with India Co., 3rd Bn., 23rd Marine Regiment, shows Burkina Faso Soldiers where suicide bombers hide explosives during Exercise Western Accord, June 20, 2014. Exercise Western Accord is a U.S. Africa Command sponsored annual joint training partnership exercise between the United States, the Economic Community of West African States and partner nations. The exercise, held in Senegal this year, is designed to increase interoperability between military forces and ensure the common ability to conduct peace operations throughout western Africa. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. V. Michelle Woods/ 40th PAD.)