Military Exercises
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 06:28
More active joint Moldovan-NATO drills near Transdniestria’s border are a threat to stability in the region, Yevgeny Shevchuk, the leader of the unrecognized republic of Transdniestria, told a news conference on Friday.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 06:50
Exercise Eager Lion has been conducted annually since 2011, marking the 6th iteration of the exercise, and the 5th MEB has set their goals to make it the best evolution yet by taking their Deployable Joint Command and Control -- or DJC2, as they call it -- capability to the next level.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 07:03
Joint maneuvers with US soldiers are causing alarm in the Republic of Moldova. The pro-Russia opposition has referred to the exercises as an invasion.
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 08:22
Georgia has launched a two-week military exercise with NATO allies led by the U.S. despite Russia’s warnings that they have been following the preparations and consider Georgia’s actions provocative.
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 06:24
Only Jordan and the United States are to take part in this year’s Eager Lion military exercise, commanders said on Sunday, compared with the 18 nations which participated last year.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 06:48
Head of the French Institute of Higher National Defence Studies (IHEDN) Bernard de Courreges D'ustou said on Sunday that he expects more military joint training exercises to take place between Egypt and France.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:45
Hosted by the Peruvian military, the ceremony kicked-off an 11-day event sponsored by U.S. Southern Command. Fuerzas Comando consists of assault and sniper team competitions as well as group events such as the physical fitness test, confidence course, combined assault event, 19 kilometer rucksack march, and aquatic event.
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 06:51
Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, trained their counterparts with Tunisia’s Groupement des Forces in vehicle maintenance and convoy operations, making this the first training engagement between the two military units.
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 06:56
Members of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) started joint military exercises in Lyaur Garrison, 30 kilometres away from Tajikistan’s capital of Dushanbe, according to a report by Russian news agency RIA Novosti. The exercises, titled “Search-2016”, simulate a scenario, where terrorist forces from Afghanistan break through the Afghan-Tajik border.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 06:53
Pakistan and China have showcased their all-weather friendship with the launch of one of the biggest joint military exercises in decades. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, the war games that began on April 11 near Jhelum followed speculation over whether China will step in to fill the economic, military and diplomatic void if Pakistan’s relationship with the U.S. further deteriorated.