GUARDEX ’12 exercise on “Crvena zemlja”

The presentation was attended by Commander of the Croatian Army Major General Dragutin Repinc, Commander of the Minnesota National Guard Maj. Gen. Richard Nash, Commander of the Guards Motorised Brigade Brigadier General Mladen Fuzul and other representatives of the Armed Forces and Minnesota National Guard (MNG).

GUARDEX is the traditional joint exercise of CAF and Minnesota National Guard. This year’s exercise was organized by the Guards Motorized Brigade (GMTBR), whose troops participate in exercise along with colleagues from MNG. The total number of soldiers (over 150) who participate in the exercises correspond to the infantry company with the addition of command and support elements. The exercise is being held solely on the “Crvena zemlja” and runs from 7 to 17 May. Exercise scenario is related to the organization, control and support to counter-insurgent operations. Besides the soldiers who have been on training, role players also attend the exercise, as well as supporting elements.

Training of units is conducted at the level of platoons and companies. The exercise consists of five basic phases. The first is assignment, preparation and familiarization with the weapons, the second includes preliminary live fire and instinctive shooting with infantry weapons (pistols, assault rifles, machine guns, RPG-7, RPG-22), the third exercise is carried out in various scenarios on the platoon level, in the fourth the exercise is carried out at company level, while the last phase involves analysis of the exercise.