Armed Forces Ukraine, participates in battalion-level training exercises at the Combat Training Center

Col. John Oakley, commander of Task Force Juvigny, delivers a speech during the transfer of authority ceremony for Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv, Ukraine, Nov 11. Earlier this month approximately 160 American Soldiers with the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters company deployed to Ukraine as Task Force Juvigny and assumed responsibility of the Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Jared Saathoff)

A T-64 tank from 93rd Mechanized Brigade, Armed Forces Ukraine, participates in battalion-level training exercises at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv, Ukraine, Nov 13. Earlier this month approximately 160 American Soldiers with the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters company deployed to Ukraine as Task Force Juvigny and assumed responsibility of the Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Jared Saathoff)

Capt. Aaron Baumgartner, an advisor with Task Force Juvigny, talks to his Armed Forces Ukraine partner during battalion training at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv, Ukraine, Nov 13. Earlier this month approximately 160 American Soldiers with the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters company deployed to Ukraine as Task Force Juvigny and assumed responsibility of the Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Jared Saathoff)

Staff Sgt. Michael Blevins, an advisor with Task Force Juvigny, greets his Armed Forces Ukraine counterparts during battalion training at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv, Ukraine, Nov 13. Earlier this month approximately 160 American Soldiers with the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters company deployed to Ukraine as Task Force Juvigny and assumed responsibility of the Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Jared Saathoff)

Soldiers from 93rd Mechanized Brigade, Armed Forces Ukraine, participates in battalion-level training exercises at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv, Ukraine, Nov 15. Earlier this month approximately 160 American Soldiers with the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters company deployed to Ukraine as Task Force Juvigny and assumed responsibility of the Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Jared Saathoff)

Lt. Col. Clay Salmela, the chaplain with Task Force Juvigny, congratulates a Ukrainian soldier upon completion of initial entry training at Starychi Military Base near Combat Training Center – Yavoriv, Ukraine, Nov 16. Earlier this month approximately 160 American Soldiers with the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters company deployed to Ukraine as Task Force Juvigny and assumed responsibility of the Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Jared Saathoff)

BMP-1s from 93rd Mechanized Brigade, Armed Forces Ukraine, participate in battalion-level training exercises at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv, Ukraine, Nov 15. Earlier this month approximately 160 American Soldiers with the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters company deployed to Ukraine as Task Force Juvigny and assumed responsibility of the Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine at the Combat Training Center – Yavoriv. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Jared Saathoff)