Counter illicit trafficking training enhances partnerships, protects wildlife

Team members from U.S. Army Civil Affairs Team 8324, 83rd Civil Affairs Battalion, receives an orientation on the terrain model provides guidance from the Eco-Guards (the Gabonese equivalent of Park Rangers) during Counter Illicit Trafficking training, in Loango National Park, Gabon. The training provided by the 83rd Civil Affairs Battalion, is a series of one week courses taught over six months to enhance partner force counter-illicit trafficking capabilities in Gabon (DOD Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John M. Hageman)