North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
June 30, 2014
EXERCISE COMBINED RESOLVE II WRAPS UP WITH A BANG
Grafenwoehr, GERMANY: Exercise Combined Resolve II ended on Friday, 27 June with a literal bang as over 2,000 troops participated in a combined arms live fire exercise portion of the multinational six week long exercise.
The Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) held at Grafenwoehr Training Area tested the compatibility of the newly rotated NATO response force U.S. land contingent, the Romanian Army’s land contingent of the Rapid Reaction Force and Georgian Army Soldiers.
“This is a offensive operation with the overall goal of not just sharing standard operating procedures but to have interoperability between the participants,” said Romanian Army Col. Adrian Popescu, Task Force commander. “The biggest thing we want to take away is the experience that we can gain from training with partner nations and by doing so improve our skills and tactics.”
Hosted by the U.S. Army Europe the exercise was meant to test and validate the NATO Response Forces capabilities through live firing of various weapon systems.
“The Task Force worked together with Romanian TR-85M1 Tanks, MLI-84M Infantry Fighting Vehicles, U.S. M1A2 Tanks and Bradley M2A3, in addition to air support from Apache helicopters,” said Colonel Popescu.
Combined Resolve took place over a six week period on two of the worlds most advanced training ranges and hosted over 4,000 troops from 15 Allied and partner nations.
Story by SHAPE Public Affairs Office
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