NATO MILITARY EXERCISE TO KICK OFF IN ARMENIA

armradio.am
26.09.2008 17:06

Cooperative Longbow 08/ Cooperative Lancer 08 (COLW/COLR 08) NATO
exercise will launch in Armenia September 26 within the framework of
"Partnership for Peace" program, NATO Information Centre in Armenia
reported.

The exercise will last till October 21.

The aim of COLW/COLR 08 is to improve the interoperability of NATO and
other forces. The exercises will involve approximately 1100 service
members from 7 NATO nations, 12 Partnership for Peace (PfP) nations,
as well as other partner nations, and ICI member United Arab Emirates.

The exercise will be conducted in Armenia. The scenario will be based
on a United Nations (UN) mandated NATO-led Crisis Response Operation
(CRO).

Involving 1100 military personnel from 21 nations, COLW/ COLR 08
will provide a visible demonstration of NATO’s ability to conduct
a complex and dynamic operation aimed at the interoperability of
NATO and partner forces. COLW/ COLR are aimed at providing a good
balance between NATO’s training requirements and PfP/ ICI’s training
needs. NATO’s real-world operational experiences will be incorporated

COLW will be a Command Post exercise with a Multinational Brigade
Headquarters as Primary Target Audience (PTA) and unit and sub-unit
Response Cells as Secondary Target Audience. The exercise aims at
teaching and training basic NATO staff skills and procedures20to
qualify participants to participate as individual augmentees in NATO
exercises and/or deployments.

COLR will be a Live Exercise/ Field Training Exercise with a
Multinational Battalion and Companies as PTA. Aim of this exercise
will be to improve military interoperability at individual and
multinational small unit level through improving and exchanging light
infantry skills while exercising in a variety of CRO settings.
From: Baghdasarian