The Mongolian Armed Forces and U.S. Pacific Command will host the multinational peacekeeping exercise Khaan Quest 2017. Military units from 26 countries will participate in this year’s ‘Quest’, which is held annually in Mongolia. 

Initially launched in 2003, ‘Khaan Quest’ began as a joint training endeavor between Mongolia and the U.S. From 2006 it became a premier peacekeeping exercise involving dozens of nations from around the world. The ‘Khaan Quest’ is one of five main military exercises run by the U.S. military to increase the ‘peacekeeping capacity’ of Asia-Pacific nations.