NATO MEDCEUR – RESCUER – 05 EXERCISE HELD IN YEREVAN

Pan Armenian News
22.09.2005 04:07

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ September 8-19 MEDCEUR – RESCUER – 05 exercise
of NATO states and those participating in the Partnership for Peace
Program was held in Yerevan on the basis of Military Medicine Faculty
of Yerevan State Medical University. Armenian MOD Spokesperson Seyran
Shahsuvaryan reported it. This is the first exercise of the type
in Armenia. The Academic and Field phases were held in Georgia, in
which Armenian MOD servicemen, specifically 10 officers and cadets
of the Military Medicine Faculty, who master English, took part as
well. The Response Cell computer game was held at the staff circle
in Yerevan. The work was controlled and guided by 2 US Armed Forces
officers and 2 first category specialists. A senior officer of the
Department of Emergency Situations at the Armenian Government and 2
Military Medicine Faculty officers represented Armenia. US military
specialists appreciated the work of their Armenian counterparts. They
noted Armenian specialists managed to learn cooperation principles
within a short space of time and “these exercises were excellent
practical training for our specialists.” To all appearance, the next
phase of the RESCUER -06 exercises will be held in Armenia.