16th HRVCON evaluated for KFOR
The Croatian Armed Forces General Staff’s CREVAL Team, headed by Lt. Col. Ivan Krulić, conducted the combat readiness evaluation (CREVAL) of the members of the 16th HRVCON to KFOR in the 91st Croatian Air Force and Air Defence Base in the «Lučko» Barracks on 17 June, concluding the pre-deployment training administered from 2-12 June 2014, which was to prepare the personnel for the required level of readiness for KFOR tasks in compliance with NATO requirements.
The pre-deployment training was focussed on basic tasks assigned to the Croatian force in KFOR (tactical airlift of the manpower and material assets); it included basic military skills refreshment training, survival, evasion, resistance and escape training and handling the weapons in NBC conditions.
The pre-deployment training also entailed refreshment training of standing helicopter crews and other key personnel of the HRVCON, with the emphasis on familarisation with the culturological, historical and religious specificities of the local population.
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