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Three soldiers throw a can in a field creating clouds of yellow smoke.

Smoke Signal

Soldiers signal an area with smoke for engineers to breach during a live-fire training exercise as part of Agile Spirit at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, Aug. 3, 2025. The exercise is designed to strengthen regional security cooperation, build military capacity, integrate innovations and foster interoperability in NATO and with participating partners.

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