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Exercise Shanti Doot 2 Capstone Exercise 2008

NPS Students exercise UN Peacekeeping in Bangladesh

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, Monterey, Calif.- A UN peacekeeping exercise in Bangladesh in April gave six students from NPS the chance to bridge their academics to the real world in a multi-national setting.

According to Air Force Major Jim Hackbarth, NPS Student Council Chairman and one of the six students on the trip, the experience was excellent. "This was a chance for us to do something in the real world that really connected with our academics. It was a fantastic opportunity."

The exercise known as "Shanti Doot 2"—which means Ambassador of Peace—was sponsored by the Center for Civil-Military Relations here. Hosted by the armed forces of Bangladesh in the capitol city Dhaka and co-hosted by the United States Pacific Command, the exercise operated in two parts. The smaller section was a command post exercise (CPX) in Dhaka, while the larger portion was a field training exercise (FTX) in the jungles north of the city. Five of the NPS students worked in the CPX and one helped run the FTX.

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