National Guard of Niger personnel watch as U.S. Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight deliver several defensive barriers to help fortify the National Guard of Niger’s compound in Agadez, Niger, Feb. 10, 2020. The barriers not only strengthened the compound but the partnership and relationship between the two nations as well. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)