Georgian soldiers with Alpha Company, Special Mountain Battalion conduct a key leader engagement with village elders, role-played by civilians, during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 13, 2014. A Georgian MRE is a combined training exercise in which U.S. and Georgian soldiers practice counterinsurgency, stability and transportation operations in preparation for a deployment to Afghanistan in support of NATO.