North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
May 23, 2014
Combined Resolve II trains NATO and Partner forces in Germany
HOHENFELS, Germany: Using cutting edge battlefield simulation equipment, NATO members and Partner countries train with United States forces at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Combined Resolve-II. Combined Resolve-II is a U.S. Army Europe lead training event with allies and partners from 15 European countries training for future operations.
Combined Resolve-II, with more than 4,000 participants, includes military personnel from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the U.S.
NATO and many Allied and Partnered nations have served most recently in Afghanistan and trained together for many years to develop and refine their standard operating procedures. Training on the scale of Combined Resolve-II allows these nations to test these standard operating procedures in near combat like scenarios.
“We work very close with the U.S. troops and have a lot of friends in the U.S. Army. Training together is great because we can verify our standard operational procedures, which are very much the same,” said Romanian TF Group Commander Col. Adrian Popescu, commander of 300th Infantry Mechanized Battalion, Galati, Romania.
Combined Resolve-II and similar exercises provide NATO and Partner nations with opportunities to build smart, adaptable, and capable coalitions.
As NATO decreases troop levels in Afghanistan, it will have to increasingly rely on exercises to maintain a high-level of training, relationships, and trust between its forces.
Story by: SHAPE Public Affairs Office
Background information:
Exercise Combined Resolve-II is a multinational live exercise at the Hohenfels Training Area that includes over 4,000 participants from 15 Allied and Partnered nations. The exercise involves complex and demanding tasks such as operational planning, the maneuver of forces, and effective employment and synchronisation of air and ground forces and is scheduled from 13 till 29 of May 2014.
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