Opening ceremony kicks off MEDCEUR 2009
NIS, Serbia – From left: Lt. Col. Goran Desancic, Serbian Armed Forces MEDCEUR 2009 co-director; Zoran Vesic, a Serbian state secretary; and Col. Tim Brown, 435th Contingency Response Group commander and U.S. MEDCEUR 2009 co-director, walk past members of the Ukrainian military during the opening ceremony for MEDCEUR 2009, or the military medical training exercise in Central and Eastern Europe. More than 15 nations will participate in the exercise scheduled for Sept. 2-13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kali L. Gradishar)