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A group of soldiers stand facing the camera making knots with cords of rope on a sunny day. Other soldiers stand in the background.

Knot Knowledge

Army Staff Sgt. Alec Canepa instructs Fijian soldiers in military mountaineering techniques during Exercise Cartwheel 2024 in Fiji’s Nausori Highlands, Sept. 11, 2024. The training is designed to enhance expeditionary partner force readiness and increase capabilities to respond to crises and contingencies throughout the Indo-Pacific.

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