Croatian Armed Forces take part in “TRIDENT JUNCTURE 15”
The members of the Guards Motorised Brigade of the Croatian Army are taking part in “TRIDENT JUNCTURE 15” Exercise conducted in Spain (a mechanised platoon of the Second Mechanised Battalion “Gromovi” (40 servicemen with 4 PATRIA vehicles), a liaison officer assigned to Battalion S3, a support group (six members and two motor vehicles) a controller-observer and a a disaster relief officer.
The Croatian component is to demonstrate the readiness for the NRF 16 and to enhance its interoperability with Allies.
The “TRIDENT JUNCTURE 15” is the largest NATO exercise conducted over the past 15 years, serving to test the readiness of NATO Response Force (NRF). Trident Juncture 2015 will have two parts:
the Command Post Exercise (CPX) for Strategic and Operational level staff training, evaluation and certification (3-16 October) and the LIVEX for tactical level troop engagements (21 October – 06 November).
The Exercise is conducted in Italy, Spain and Portugal , and engages cca 30,000 members from the three services; 15,000 in Spain (the Croatian platoon will operate within the 8,100 troops based in the San Gregorio Range, near Zaragoza), while naval forces will be participate from the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Croatian Deployable Communications Module (eight members of the DCM Company) is operationally assigned to the Danish DCM-E ((eight members of the DCM Company) and to the German DCM B 1 NSB-a, in the Air Base Zaragoza.
The Exercise “TRIDENT JUNCTURE 15” makes part of the overarching Readiness Action Plan for NATO readiness and tests the functions of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF).
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