Ministry of Defence of Georgia
June 22, 2013
Course closing ceremony
The Basic Mountain Training Summer Course has officially finished at the Sachkhere Mountain Training School today.
A solemn closing ceremony of the course was held at the drill ground of the Sachkhere School. Trainings and Military Education Commander LTC Shalva Bajelidze and U.S diplomats attended the ceremony.
The exercise, which was held within the frames of NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) Program, went on for three weeks. 45 attendees of the U.S Reserve Officers` Training Corps took part in the course.
During the Basic Mountain Training Summer Course the American cadets performed various technical-mountaineering tasks by the help of instructors.
The third week was completely dedicated to practice. The cadets were trained in the movement technique across mountains, in crossing rivers and ravines, in technical methods of evacuation and provision of first medical aid. At the final stage, the course participants passed special tests.
At the closing ceremony the graduates were awarded with certificates.
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