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ARMENIAN TROOPS DEPART FOR TRAINING IN EUROPE
11:47, 6 April, 2015
YEREVAN, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS: On April 3, Ambassador Mills joined
Armenian members of the Armenian Peace Keeping Brigade at Zvartnots
Airport to send off 36 Armenian peacekeepers to participate in
Saber Junction 15, a USAREUR-led Decisive Action Training Environment
exercise designed to train a brigade-level unit to operate with allied
and partner nations as part of a combined force. This exercise takes
place across Germany, Lithuania and Romania until April 30. Saber
Junction 15 prepares NATO and partner-nation armies for offensive,
defensive and stability operations and promotes interoperability
among participants.
Saber Junction 15 participation includes 17 nations and will train more
than 5,000 service members. These nations include the following NATO
Allies: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungry, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Turkey,
and the United States; and the following NATO Partnership for Peace
(PfP) nations: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Sweden.
The joint Armenian-U.S. exercise is underwritten by a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Armenian Ministry of Defense and the U.S.
Army in Europe.
11:47, 6 April, 2015
YEREVAN, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS: On April 3, Ambassador Mills joined
Armenian members of the Armenian Peace Keeping Brigade at Zvartnots
Airport to send off 36 Armenian peacekeepers to participate in
Saber Junction 15, a USAREUR-led Decisive Action Training Environment
exercise designed to train a brigade-level unit to operate with allied
and partner nations as part of a combined force. This exercise takes
place across Germany, Lithuania and Romania until April 30. Saber
Junction 15 prepares NATO and partner-nation armies for offensive,
defensive and stability operations and promotes interoperability
among participants.
Saber Junction 15 participation includes 17 nations and will train more
than 5,000 service members. These nations include the following NATO
Allies: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungry, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Turkey,
and the United States; and the following NATO Partnership for Peace
(PfP) nations: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Sweden.
The joint Armenian-U.S. exercise is underwritten by a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Armenian Ministry of Defense and the U.S.
Army in Europe.