JOINT HEADQUARTERS SOUTHEAST Izmir, Turkey

EXERCISE COOPERATIVE DETERMINATION - 26 NOVEMBER 1999

LEFT: Cooperative Determination Exercise Co-Directors Brigadier General Petre Botezatu (left) and Brigadier General R?fk? Durusoy address exercise participants during the initial exercise staff meeting on 26 November 1999.

RIGHT:  Soldiers from seven NATO nations and 11 Partnership for Peace Nations attend the initial Exercise Cooperative Determination 99 staff meeting on 26 November 1999 at Antiaeriana Military Barracks in Bucharest, Romania.

LEFT: Cooperative Determination Exercise Co-Directors Brigadier General R?fk? Durusoy (left) and Brigadier General Petre Botezatu address reporters during the initial exercise press briefing on 26 November 1999.

RIGHT: A Romanian and American soldier work side-by-side on 26 November 1999, the first day of Cooperative Determination 99. Such side-by-side work enhances interoperability between NATO and Partner nations - one of the main goals of the exercise.

LEFT: Exercise Cooperative Determination 99 is a computer-assisted Command Post Exercise conducted in Bucharest, Romania.  Depicted at right is the Romanian Palace of Parliament, the second largest building in the world, after the Pentagon.