Embassy Drills

Photograph: Eric Adams
Photograph: Eric Adams01Part of the simulated city at the State Department training center in Virginia. The building in the rear behind the retaining wall is a simulated US embassy.
Photograph: Eric Adams02Officials in Dakar, Senegal, debrief following a simulated assault on the US embassy there during a training exercise in 2018.
Photograph: Eric Adams03Senegalese security personnel on the grounds of the US embassy in Dakar during the training exercise.
Photograph: Eric Adams04Role playing actors simulate a protest at the US embassy in Dakar in 2018.
Photograph: Eric Adams05A colored smoke grenade simulates a tire fire during training exercise at the US embassy in Dakar, Senegal, in 2018.
Photograph: Eric Adams06Security personnel watching role playing actors who've accessed the embassy compound during the training exercise.
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