NATO MEDCEUR - RESCUER - 05 EXERCISE HELD IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net - September 8-19 MEDCEUR - RESCUER - 05 exercise of NATO states and those participating in the Partnership for Peace Program was held in Yerevan on the basis of Military Medicine Faculty of Yerevan State Medical University. Armenian MOD Spokesperson Seyran Shahsuvaryan reported it. This is the first exercise of the type in Armenia. The Academic and Field phases were held in Georgia, in which Armenian MOD servicemen, specifically 10 officers and cadets of the Military Medicine Faculty, who master English, took part as well. The Response Cell computer game was held at the staff circle in Yerevan. The work was controlled and guided by 2 US Armed Forces officers and 2 first category specialists. A senior officer of the Department of Emergency Situations at the Armenian Government and 2 Military Medicine Faculty officers represented Armenia. US military specialists appreciated the work of their Armenian counterparts. They noted Armenian specialists managed to learn cooperation principles within a short space of time and «these exercises were excellent practical training for our specialists.» To all appearance, the next phase of the RESCUER -06 exercises will be held in Armenia.