Maj. John Sivley, Operations officer from the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173d Airborne Brigade briefs the Croatian Land Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Mate Ostovic about on the ongoing training at Exercise Immediate Response 15. Immediate Response 15 is a multinational, brigade-level exercise utilizing computer-assisted simulations and field training exercises in Croatia and Slovenia. The exercises and simulations are built upon a scenario designed to enhance regional stability, strengthen partner capacity and improve interoperability between partner nations. The exercise will run Sept. 9-2
Maj. John Sivley, Operations officer from the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173d Airborne Brigade briefs the Croatian Land Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Mate Ostovic about on the ongoing training at Exercise Immediate Response 15. Immediate Response 15 is a multinational, brigade-level exercise utilizing computer-assisted simulations and field training exercises in Croatia and Slovenia. The exercises and simulations are built upon a scenario designed to enhance regional stability, strengthen partner capacity and improve interoperability between partner nations. The exercise will run Sept. 9-22, 2015, and will include more than 1,400 soldiers from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, the and the United Kingdom. Immediate Response 15 supports the goal of a “Strong Europe” in that partner nations are trained and ready to combine forces to ensure unified security across allied nations. Immediate Response is a preplanned exercise that has occurred annually for the past five years.
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