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Soldiers training to be junior ments of patrolling in the city, mate and terrain. For example,
officers at the David the Builder cleaning the building, setting up in the near future, trainees and
National Defense Academy have defense positions, defense ac- instructors are to take part in
entered the third and most sig- tion inside the building and in military exercises in Turkey,
nificant phase of their 14 week the city in general, isolating the which includes marching for 40
course. The 35 trainees have al- building, setting up check- km carrying full equipment; a
ready endured physical and psy- points etc. It is pretty hard to difficult and enduring exercise
chological hardship during the plan and execute operations in indeed.
first two phases but are deter- built-up areas during wartime, The instructors of the junior
mined to successfully complete but that only motivates our officers’ training course in Go-
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International Large Homeless Children
Scale Exercise Spend the Day with
Immediate Vaziani Military
Response 2008 Brigade
Inerview with Georgian Navy Day
Brigadier General
William B. Garrett Turkish and Greek
MOD Officials Frigates in Batumi
visited Iraq Port
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On July 15, First Deputy Defence were 110,000 vehicles and 560,958
Minister Batu Kutelia and Chief of the people checked, and 1,500 Iraqi civil-
Joint Staff of Georgian Armed Forces, ians were provided with medical ser-
Brigadier General Zaza Gogava, went vices by the Georgian military doctors.
on an official visit to Iraq. They visited The Georgian troops actively partic-
the 1st Infantry Brigade stationed in ipate with their American counterparts
FOB Delta, Basra Base and Cop Cleary. in Civil-Military Co-operation
The Battalion commanders briefed the (CIMIC) where the military cooperates
MoD officials about operations and with civilian agencies and institutions
tasks provided by Georgian military in order to bring peace and stability and
contingent in Vassit Province. foster better relations. “We have a very
In the framework of this visit, Min- good relationship with the local inhab-
ister Batu Kutelia and BG Zaza Goga- itants,” said Captain Zaur Makaradze,
va met with the following multi-nation- CIMIC group commander, from the 1st
al forces: Iraq Commanding General, Infantry Brigade. On the question how
General David Petraeus, Multi-Nation- dangerous it is Captain Makharidze
al Corps- Iraq Deputy Commanding answered with smile “It’s quite danger-
General for the Coalition, Brigadier ous, but we are not afraid…We help
General Nicholas Matern and the 10th Iraqi people.”
Mountain CG, Major General Michael Deputy Defence Minister Batu Kute-
Oates. During the meetings with the lia commented on the visit: “We have
multi-national forces, the commanders discussed the success of Georgian Mili-
The SETAF Brigadier General Wil- What do you expect from “Imme- gained from this exercise are not limit- evaluated the Georgian peacekeeping tary in Iraq and General Petraeus evalu-
liam B. Garrett commanded the exer- diate Response 2008”? ed to Georgian Soldiers. American, Ar- mission very positively. ates our mission very highly. He thanked
cise from American side. We asked him The combined approach – active par- menian, Azeri and Ukrainian service Currently in Iraq, the Georgian mil- us for our decision to continue our con-
for his thoughts and comments on Im- ticipation from all the countries involved members all benefited from this exer- itary contingent is represented by the tingent here in Iraq until the end of year.”
mediate Response. – provided an invaluable opportunity to cise. I might also point out that the Geor- 1st Infantry Brigade that rotated with the According to BG Gogava: “Gener-
What is the primary aim of the ex- learn about different cultures, and to pro- gian 4th Infantry Brigade is scheduled 3rd Infantry Brigade in January 2008. al Petraeus estimated very positively
ercise “Immediate Response 2008”? mote understanding and cooperation to deploy to Iraq next year. The tough, The Georgian contingent in Iraq counts the Georgian troops… He has once
What are the objectives of the exer- between our forces and strengthen our realistic training provided during Imme- 2000 personnel. The main base which more underlined the high level of pre-
cise? partnerships for the future. diate Response 2008 will certainly help is under Georgians’ control is FOB paredness of the Georgian soldiers.
We are conducting this exercise to What benefits will this exercise them prepare for that deployment. Delta, located in city of Al Kut, Vassit There were a lot of thankful words said
enhance interoperability with a key co- bring for the Georgian Armed Forc- How do you estimate the prepara-
alition partner. Georgia has provided es? tion level of Georgian military service-
consistent support to ongoing operations The Georgian Armed Forces will men?
in Iraq. Georgia is the third largest force gain greater tactical proficiency as well The Georgian Soldiers we trained
contributor to Operation Iraqi Freedom as improving their ability to work with with the last few weeks from the 4th
and that means a lot to the United States. coalition partners. But the benefits Brigade are fit, motivated, and disci-
plined. They are eager to learn. They
interact well with their coalition part-
ners. American soldiers are very proud
to serve alongside Georgian soldiers.
As you are informed the IV Bri-
gade is preparing to carry out peace-
keeping mission in Iraq? What rec-
ommendations would you give our
soldiers in this regard?
Continue to train hard for the mis-
sion in Iraq, incorporate the experienc-
es of those who are currently serving in
Iraq, and build on those things you
learned during Exercise Immediate Re-
sponse 08.
What obstacles do you see in the
process of implementation of “Imme-
diate Response 2008”? What is the FOB Delta
most challenging of this exercise?
Province. The main tasks for Georgian about Georgian Armed Forces. After-
We don’t see obstacles, only chal-
military are to set up roadblocks, sta- wards there was a detailed conversa-
lenges. There were several aspects to
tionary and mobile checkpoints, pro- tion about the present situation in Vas-
this exercise that were critical to suc-
vide security in Vassit Province and to sit Province, and what a positive role
cess; I can not name one in particular.
control of the checkpoint located at the has been played by the Georgian sol-
Our Georgian counterparts really went
Iran –Iraq border. diers. These were the main subjects
the extra mile to accommodate this ex-
The part of Iranian border that is which were discussed by us. Then af-
ercise and provided excellent support.
now controlled by Georgian peace- ter we talked about the future plans, and
They were fantastic hosts and we look
keepers was the place where smuggled the role of Georgian military in future
forward to working with them in the
arms once passed. During operations operations in Vassit Province.”
future.
provided by Georgian troops, there David Jokhadze
Tea Kerdzevadze
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Turkish and Greek Frigates in Batumi Port dren would be painting a picture about
their visit to the military base.
thanked the organisers, saying: “First of
all I want to thank the organizers of the