English: BAMAKO, Mali — U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class William Flores, assigned to Mobile Security Detachment Twenty-One from Portsmouth Va., instructs a Malian police officer during a small arms exercise at the Gendarme training range here, Aug. 22 prior to the beginning of Flintlock 2007. The exercise, meant to foster relationships of peace, security and cooperation among the Trans-Saharan nations, is part of the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership, an integrated, multi-agency effort of the U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Defense Department. (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Roy Santana)