Practicing Interoperability
Szöveg: Lt. Eszter Jánosi | 2017. november 21. 10:13Silver Saber 2017, the biannual high-visibility exercise of the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping mission was held for the second time this year in Camp Vrelo and Camp Pomazatin, near Pristina, the capital of Kosovo.
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The exercise was conducted for KFOR units along with the Kosovo Police (KP), the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), the Kosovo Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and the European Union Rule of Law in Kosovo (EULEX) with the primary objective of practicing interoperability. Besides, the operational capability of KFOR units was also tested during the exercise in scenarios requiring different crowd and riot control (CRC) procedures.
The two-week Exercise Silver Saber started with a Tabletop Exercise (TTX), during which the commanders and staff of the KFOR Tactical Reserve Battalion (KTRBN) familiarized themselves with the units participating in the KFOR-led operation and the planning procedures of CRC tasks used by other nations. In the second phase of the exercise, the Field part, the peacekeepers had to react to a fictitious situation.
In his closing address to the troops at the ENDEX, COMKFOR Maj.-Gen. Giovanni Fungo highlighted the high-level execution of the tasks and the excellent professional standards of the Hungarian KTRBN. As exercise director, DCOM KFOR Brig.-Gen. János Csombók recognized the outstanding performers.
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