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PA photos of cadets who participated in a Mil-to-Mil mission called Khaan Quest 2012, a multi-national military training exercise held at the Mongolian Armed Forces Peace Support Operations Training Center in the Five Hills Training Area near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The exercise involved 12 countries. While in Mongolia Cadets had the opportunity to experience life as traditional nomad Mongolians live, eat local food, and talk to local people.
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Lamb shank--one of the dishes offered to the cadets at a restaurant in Ulaanbaatar—Mongolia’s capital city.
Genghis Khan– or Chinggis Khan, as he is known in Mongolia. The civilization he and his successors established in the 13th and 14th centuries once sprawled from Eastern Europe and the Middle East to the Sea of Japan, making it the largest contiguous empire in history. Genghis Khan and his legacy still captivate Mongolians, who honor him with the world’s largest equestrian statue. Located outside Tsonjin Boldog, this steel monument, standing 130 feet high, shows the Mongol leader with a golden whip atop his horse.
Cadet Saul Gandara, who attends Texas A&M, and Capt. Gus Diaz posed with three Russian tourists who were intent on a group photo with the Cadets. At the Genghis Khan statue visitors have an opportunity to dress up in Mongolian attire. By dressing up the Cadets also were able to see just how uniforms and weapons have changed with time.
A young Mongolian boy herded horses into a corral. Mongolians are traditionally very good on horseback, and still use horses for various tasks such as herding. Once he had the horses pinned up, he helped saddle them and accompanied the Cadets on horse rides so the Cadets could see what it is like to ride long distances on the steppe, and how the local people live.
Cadet Robert Blair, from Texas A&M, readied a horse to ride while Cadets were staying in a Gur camp in Terelj lodge located in Terelj National Park, Mongolia. Cadets were allowed to ride the horses across the steppe and through the hills, just as Mongolians have done for thousands of years as a means of travel and when they went to war.
The inside of a basic Gur (the same structure is also called a yurt in other countries) includes a wood burning stove, a table, stools and three beds. The Cadets spend a couple of days at a Ger camp in Terelj National Park living inside these traditional Mongolian housing structures. These are the type of houses Mongolian nomads have lived in for hundreds of years. They still use them today, although the interior of some is more modern in appearance.
Gur's located at the foot of some hills at Terelj lodge located in Terelj National Park, Mongolia. Staying at the Gur camp gave the Cadets the opportunity to experience the unique lifestyle of Mongolian nomads.
Lamb shank--one of the dishes offered to the cadets at a restaurant in Ulaanbaatar—Mongolia’s capital city.
Lamb shank--one of the dishes offered to the cadets at a restaurant in Ulaanbaatar—Mongolia’s capital city.
Lamb shank--one of the dishes offered to the cadets at a restaurant in Ulaanbaatar—Mongolia’s capital city.
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