North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Transformation
December 18, 2014
Allied Command Transformation Assistance to Ukraine
A de-mining training planning team from Allied Command Transformation (ACT) recently came back from Ukraine.
The team was assembled in response to a request from the Ukraine government, and conducted an assessment of current Ukrainian operational capabilities and equipment for de-mining (known to NATO as C-IED and EOD). To conduct the week-long assessment the team travelled more than 1.000 kilometres to visit 5 sites where they observed on-going training and exercises.
The team was led by Commander AJ Gagnon from ACT’s Joint Force Trainer (JFT) Division, and he was accompanied by a team of Subject Matters Experts from the Capability Development Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Counter Improvised Explosive Device Integrated Project Team (JISR C-IED IPT) and the C-IED Centre of Excellence (COE). They met with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Representatives of Emergency Services and Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The team was only sent after having gotten the necessary support from the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s highest decision-making body. The NATO headquarters in Brussels will be briefed about the results of the trip in January.
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