 For almost a decade, thousands of service members and civilians from more than 15 nations have converged on the Republic of Kazakhstan for Exercise Steppe Eagle.More than 1,000 participants from six countries are invited to be a part of the multinational, peacekeeping exercise at Camp Illisky (a training facility outside Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty).The second phase of the Steppe Eagle 2015 peacekeeping exercises began June 15, 2015 at the Ili training area near Almaty.