The photo was taken during an extraction exercise. The situation given is that one EUTM member requires immediate evacuation from a possible hostile area. When the extraction team arrives to the extract point they have to be sure that they take a real EUTM member. For that the personnel to be transported has to comply with some rules to avoid being taken as a possible menace for the extraction team.

© Jan Kalous

See Also

• EEAS 10th Anniversary page
• European Union Training Mission - Mali