Georgia: NATO Trains Arab Partners At Mountain Training Center

Ministry of Defence of Georgia
July 18, 2013
Basic Mountain Training Summer Course

The final phase of the Basic Mountain Training Summer Course is underway in the Sachkhere Mountain Training School under the NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PFP) program.
18 military servicemen of the Ukraine, Jordan and Egypt are invited to course.
Trainings will continue until July 19.
During the course foreign military servicemen are improving their mountain-technical skills. During the Basic Mountain Training Summer Course soldiers performed various mountain-technical tasks with the assistance of Georgian instructors. Listeners pass special tests. During the course the cadets learn the crossing technique over mountains, high mountains, rivers and ravines. They also practiced in providing first medical care and technical methods for providing evacuation.
Successful graduates will be awarded with the relevant certificates after completion of the training.
After graduating Basic Mountain Training Summer Course foreign partners will have opportunity to attend further stage of summer and winter courses in Sachkhere Mountain Training School.

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