Some nice shoots of the Georgian soldiers and their Didgori vehicles.

The soldiers assigned to the 3d Company, 12th Infantry Battalion of the 3d Infantry Brigade, successfully complete NEL-2 (NATO Evaluation Level 2) exercise in frame of OCC E&FP (Operations Capabilities Concept - Evaluation and Feedback).

Closing ceremony of Agile Spirit 2021 exercise

The U.S. and Georgia-led Agile Spirit 2021 military exercise was officially wrapped up at the Orpholo training area near southern town of Akhaltsikhe on August 6.

This is the tenth Agile Spirit exercise hosted by Georgia. Launched in 2011, the drills were an annual U.S. Marine Forces Europe exercise between the U.S. and Georgian forces. But since 2018, it transitioned to a biennial U.S. Army Europe and Africa exercise, to be held on every odd number year.

This year, about 2500 troops from fifteen NATO members and partners – Georgia, the U.S., the UK, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, turkey, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Azerbaijan, Spain, Canada, Italy and Lithuania – participated in the drills between July 26 – August 6.

11th Battalion 1st Brigade Georgian Army are in final stage of the GDPR-T

11th Battalion 1st Brigade Georgian Army are in final stage of the GDPR (Georgia Defense Readiness Program) training.

Javelin was fired at the scheduled exercise of the 11th Infantry Battalion

The Georgia Defense Readiness Program – Training (GDRP-T) is a bilateral United States-Georgian training program launched on May 1, 2018. U.S. Army Europe will support the Georgian Ministry of Defense’s training of nine Georgian battalions through 2021. The Georgian Armed Forces maintain a high-level of training for its international missions, and the GDRP training mission will complement and add to Georgia’s interoperability as well as strengthen the country’s territorial defense capabilities. U.S. and Georgian forces serve alongside each other in Afghanistan and around the world, so it's fitting that we support them in this training effort to promote peace and European security.

In December 2020, Task Force Ascalon, from 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, assumed authority of the mission.  

As U.S. Army Europe's premier training command, 7th ATC resources the training readiness for all of U.S. Army Europe's assigned and allocated forces throughout the EUCOM area of operations. Leveraging its combat training center expertise, 7th ATC also oversees the EUCOM directed CTC development efforts with partnered nations like the Georgia Defense Readiness Program-Training (GDRP-T).

First US-Georgian bilateral training on M2A2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun

Georgian soldiers with the 32nd Georgian Infantry Battalion arrived at the M2A2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun range near Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, Oct. 22, 2020.

The first iteration of M2A2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun range was conducted with the Georgian Defense Forces and assessed prior to the Mission Rehearsal Exercise. The Mission Rehearsal Exercise is a training and assessment focused on preparing the Georgian infantry battalions to integrate and contribute to the NATO Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.

 U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin J. Andrews

Noble Partner 2020 - counter-terrorism drill with Georgian and Polish special forces

Noble Partner 20 multinational exercise continues, as Georgian and Polish special forces conducted a counter-terrorism drill with US close air support in Vaziani.