From the archives: Congolese soldiers train with American troops, 2011

Kaisangani, Congo, May 2011: Pvt. Kasereka-Kasivire Heritier, center, a 21-year-old solider with the Congolese army, was trained by Americans alongside 750 other soldiers during the past year. Like many of his peers, Heritier’s fighting life began long before he joined the army, serving with militia groups in the strife-stricken eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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