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.

Noble Partner 20

Allied and partner nations from around the world gathered at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, for the opening ceremony of Noble Partner 20 September 7, 2020.

Noble Partner 20 is a Georgian Defense Force and U.S. Army Europe cooperatively-led exercise hosted at Vaziani and Camp Norio training areas designed to enhance Georgian, regional partner, and U.S. force readiness and interoperability in a realistic, multinational training environment. Noble Partner is a recurring, biannual exercise in its fifth iteration. This year also marks the 26th year of the partnership agreement between the Georgia National Guard and country of Georgia under the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.

“This exercise is an incredible display of commitment of cooperation between the United States and Georgia and between Georgia and NATO,” said U.S. Army Col. Stephanie Bagley, Defense Attaché to Georgia. “It is an opportunity to hone our skills to work together as a coalition, to enhance interoperability, as well as to show our future cooperation.”

Countries participating in this year’s exercise include France, Georgia, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Active duty U.S. Army units training in the exercise include the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 12th and 101st Combat Aviation Brigades, and 18th Military Police Brigade during Noble Partner. Components from the Georgia National Guard in the exercise include the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 78th Troop Command, 78th Aviation Troop Command, and 165th Airlift Wing. This year’s training will include mechanized infantry maneuvers, helicopter attack and medical evacuation operations with rotor-wing aircraft, and a culminating combined arms live-fire exercise that integrates all participating forces.

Senior leaders and exercise coordinators spoke about the importance of partnership and training with allied and partnered countries.

“I’m very excited to be back here in the country of Georgia. I was fortunate enough to be here a couple of years ago at the last Noble Partner exercise,” said Col. Jason Fryman, Georgia Army National Guardsman and U.S. Exercise Director. “I’m a walking testament that exercises like Noble Partner 20 allow us to bring partners and allies together to connect personally, professionally as well as technically and tactically. Interoperability though is not just about technology. It’s about people and processes. Those relationships here allow us to work with our partners and allies, hone those skills necessary for us to act as a coalition.”

Fryman went on to say exercises like Noble Partner promote stability and security in the region and around the globe.

The Georgia National Guard and country of Georgia became partners under the State Partnership Program in October 1994. The program’s first partnerships began in 1993, and the agreement between both Georgias is the 17th agreement in the program’s history.

Safety precautions are in place to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 exposure during and after the exercise. The Georgian Ministry of Defense implemented a 14-day restriction of movement and required COVID-19 testing before entering Georgia, and COVID-19 screening will occur during the exercise to enable continued training in a safe environment.

“This exercise emphasizes interoperability and coordination with our partnered nations and our defense forces, strengthens our military readiness and defense capabilities to build trust, cooperation and friendship,” said Brig. Gen. Irakli Chichinadze, Georgian Deputy Chief of defense forces. “I’d like to express my appreciation to our many partners.”

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"Noble Partner 2020" military exercises with NATO begin in Georgia

By the time of the opening of the international exercises Noble Partner 2020 aviation delivered personnel from the participating countries to Georgia. A convoy of military equipment from the United States arrived in Poti by sea from Virginia, calling at the Romanian port of Constanta. Delivery was carried out by the ship Ocean Freedom.

The convoy of equipment under the flags of Georgia and the United States proceeded towards Vaziani, where the exercises were officially opened at the site of the 4th Mechanized Brigade.

This year, the exercise will end on September 18. In addition to the Georgian and American servicemen, the military from France, Great Britain and Poland will also take part in them. The maneuvers are carried out to improve the training and compatibility of the Georgian armed forces with the armies of the NATO countries. It is stated that by participating in the exercises, Tbilisi is making a feasible "contribution to maintaining a stable and secure environment in the Black Sea region."

As the head of the Georgian government Giorgi Gakharia said at the opening ceremony, this small Caucasian country intends to achieve Euro-Atlantic integration in this way. In addition, according to Gakharia, the maneuvers should contribute to solving problems on a global scale:

We all understand very well that the knowledge that our soldiers will receive here should be used to establish global peace.

  

Noble Partner 2018 დასრულდა

„ღირსეული პარტნიორი 2018“-ის დასკვნითი საჩვენებელი სწავლება

„ღირსეული პარტნიორი 2018“ ვაზიანის მე-11 პოლიგონზე საჩვენებელი სწავლებით დასრულდა. სწავლებაში მონაწილე ქვეყნების სამხედრო მოსამსახურეებით დაკომპლექტებულმა მრავალეროვნულმა ქვედანაყოფმა „გაერთიანებული საბრძოლო სროლების სავარჯიშო შეასრულა. სწავლების ამოცანა ქვედანაყოფის მიერ რაიონული თავდაცვის განხორციელება იყო, რათა ბრძოლაში ჩართვის არეალში პირობითი მოწინააღმდეგე დაემარცხებინა და დივიზიისთვის კონტრშეტევის განხორციელების შესაძლებლობა მიეცა.

საჩვენებელ სწავლებას საქართველოს თავდაცვის მინისტრი ლევან იზორია, გენერალური შტაბის უფროსი, გენერალ-მაიორი ვლადიმერ ჩაჩიბაია და აშშ-ის ჯორჯიის შტატის ეროვნული გვარდიის გაერთიანებული შტაბის უფროსი, ბრიგადის გენერალი რეჯინალდ ნილი დაესწრნენ. მე-11 პოლიგონზე იმყოფებოდნენ ასევე, საქართველოს საკანონმდებლო და ხელისუფლების წარმომადგენლები, საქართველოში აკრედიტებული უცხო ქვეყნის სამხედრო ატაშეები და ნატო-საქართველოს არსებითი პაკეტის ძირითდი ჯგუფის ექსპერტები.

წელს საჩვენებელ სწავლებაში ქართველმა სამხედროებმა პირველად გამოიყენეს ტანკსაწინააღმდეგო გადასატანი კომპლექსი „ჯაველინი“. საჩვენებელ წვრთნაში ასევე, პირველად მონაწილეობდა ამერიკული საბრძოლო ვერტმფრენები AH-64 „აპაჩი“. საჩვენებელი საბრძოლო სროლების დროს ქართველ, გერმანელ და ამერიკელ სამხედრო მოსამსახურეებს საცეცხლე მხარდაჭერა გერმანულმა ქვეითთა საბრძოლო მანქანამ „მარდერი“, ამერიკულმა საბრძოლო ჯავშანმანქანამ „სტრაიკერი“, ქართულ შეიარაღებაში არსებულმა T-72 ტანკებმა და ქვეითთა საბრძოლო მანქანებმა აღმოუჩინეს. გაერთიანებულ საბრძოლო სროლებში საარტილერიო და საინჟინრო დანაყოფებიც მონაწილეობდნენ.

Final Demonstrative Training within Noble Partner 2018

Multinational military exercise Noble Partner 2018 was concluded at the 11th shooting range in Vaziani with live fire demonstrational exercise. Multinational division conducted combined live fire exercise, in which the objective of multinational unit was regional defence by elimination of the factious enemy in the region of operation and giving to the division possibility of counterattack.

Minister of Defence of Georgia Levan Izoria, Chief of General Staff, Major-General Vladimer Chachibaia and Director of the Joint Staff for the Georgia National Guard, USA, Brigadier General Reginald Neal, as well as the representatives of Georgia’s legislative officials, foreign defence attachés and Substantial NATO-Georgia Package core team experts attended the event.

This year Georgian military personnel, for the first time, used FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile system. The exercise involved the U.S. AH-64 Apache helicopters. During the live fire the Georgian, German and U.S. military personnel received fire support by German Marder infantry fighting vehicles, the U.S Stryker armored fighting vehicles and T-72 main battle tanks existing in Georgian armament. The live fire exercise also involved artillery and engineer units.

Noble Partner 2018 - აქტიური ფაზა

უკვე ორი კვირაა ვაზიანში მრავალეროვნული სწავლება Noble Partner 2018 მიმდინარეოებს. წარმოგიდგენ ფოტოებს სწავლების აქტიური ფაზიდან. 

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