Col. George Cone, Third Army Director of Training and Exercise, speaks with media during the multi-national exercise Steppe Eagle 2010 at Training Center Illisky, Aug. 21. During the interviews, Col. Cone stressed the importance of the U.S., Kazakh and British militaries teamwork and training during this eighth year of Steppe Eagle, a multi-national training exercise designed to improve the participant's inter-operational capabilities. Third Army leads the annual exercise which focuses on peace and security operations between Kazakhstan, the United Kingdom and the United States.