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US Paratroopers to
Arrive in Ukraine by
Week End
6
US army companies from 173 Airborne brigade will
deploy to Ukraine
for at least 6 months to train Ukraine
national guard.
5
March, 2015
WASHINGTON
(Sputnik) — The United States will deploy personnel by the end
of
this week to train the Ukrainian national guard, US 173rd Airborne
Brigade
Commander Colonel Michael Foster said at the Center for
Strategic and
International Studies in Washington, DC on Monday.
“Before
this week is up, we’ll be deploying a battalion minus… to the
Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces for the fight that’s taking
place,” Foster stated. “What we’ve got laid out is six United
States companies that will be training six Ukrainian companies
throughout the summer.”
The
training will take place at the level of US and Ukrainian national
guard companies, Foster explained, adding that “we have nothing
above battalion staff level” engaged in the military training.
The
current plan is for US forces to stay six months, he said, and noted
there have been discussions about how to increase the duration and
the scope of the training mission.
The
current channels for military training set up between Ukraine and the
United States would not be used for transferring defensive lethal aid
if the United States decided to provide arms to Ukraine, Foster told
Sputnik on Monday.
“It
would go through something separate… We would not funnel the lethal
aid or arms through that [training] event, we would use a secondary
method for that,” Foster said, adding that a completely separate
process is preferable.
The
United States and NATO have been engaged in military training
exercises with Ukraine since the fall of 2014, according to NATO
press releases.
United
Kingdom’s (UK) Prime Minister David Cameron announced last week
that the UK will also be sending military advisors to Ukraine.
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articles, most of which consist of war propaganda portraying Russia
as the aggressor. The goal is to provide information on NATO’s
ongoing war preparations.
March
3, 2015
Ukraine
to take part in NATO crisis management exercise
KYIV:
The NATO begins Annual Crisis Management Exercise, the NATO
headquarters has told an Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels.
“Australia,
Finland, Japan, Sweden and Ukraine will
participate alongside Allies in the exercise. South
Korea, New Zealand and Georgia chose
to observe the exercise,” the NATO press office says.
The
exercise is designed to test the North Atlantic Council procedures at
the strategic political-military level…
Agenda.ge
March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015
NATO
envoy: ‘Essential’ for US to train, advise and equip Georgia’s
national security forces
Tbilisi,Georgia:
A top NATO commander believes it is “essential” the United
States (US) “train, advise and equip the national security forces
of Georgia” as the country and region focus on maintaining
stability and security.
NATO
supreme allied commander in Europe and chief of the US European
Command, Philip Breedlove, said it was “essential” the US offer
support to Georgia and other US partner countries in light of the
ongoing instability in the region.
As
US partners, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine face a different security
challenge from Russia than those facing NATO allies,”
he said in report presented to the Senate Armed Forces Committee.
All
three countries have implemented political and economic reforms to
advance democracy and integrate with Europe. However, their
ability to make further progress is significantly constrained by
Russian interference and pressure…”
Georgia
Deployment Program Resolute Support Mission Rotation One
Hohenfels,
Germany: U.S. Marines and soldiers and from the Republic of Georgia
join forces for a pre-deployment training during a Mission Rehearsal
Exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels,
Germany. The month-long MRE is designed to test the capabilities of
the 43RD Georgian Infantry Battalion before their deployment to
Afghanistan…
US,
Polish forces hone interoperability skills
By 1st Sgt. Jim Wagner
By 1st Sgt. Jim Wagner
DRAWSKO
POMORSKIE, Poland: On a sunny, winter morning, with the last of the
morning’s frost dissipating into fog, U.S. troopers and Polish
infantrymen met at the edge of the airfield here to await the UH-60
Black Hawk’s arrival and the beginning of medical evacuation
training.
This
is the latest in weeks of training between Dragoons assigned to K
Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and Polish infantrymen
from 3rd Company, 1st Infantry Battalion, 12th Mechanized Brigade.
The training will culminate in an upcoming live-fire exercise as
part of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
Operation
Atlantic Resolve is a NATO exercise led by the U.S. to test the
alliance’s interoperability with Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian and
Estonian military forces while demonstrating their commitment to a
safe and prosperous Europe…
March
2, 2015
US
decision to give Ukraine defensive weapons ‘99% settled,’ says
Saakashvili
The
United States has “99% settled” the question of giving Ukraine
defensive weaponry, former president of Georgia and current
freelance adviser to the President of Ukraine Mikheil Saakashvili
has told Ukrainian news broadcaster Channel 5.
“The
main thing we are trying to achieve in the United States is that
Ukraine receives defensive weapons,’ Saakashvili said…
Ukrinform
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015
U.S.
to allocate $120 million to equip Ukrainian army
KYIV:
The U.S. will allocate Ukraine $120 million in 2015 for training and
equipping its troops.
U.S.
Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said this in an interview with
Ukrainian television’s Inter channel, according to Espreso.TV.
“The
U.S. Congress has approved the allocation of $120 million this year
for training and purchasing equipment. The only question that is
still being discussed is whether it should include defensive lethal
weapons,” Pyatt said…
Ministry
of Defence of Georgia
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015
Levan
Girsiashvili Held Working Visit to USA
The
MoD delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister Levan Girsiashvili
held two-day long working visit to the USA. Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas hosted the Georgian side at the
Pentagon. Within the framework of the visit, the MoD delegation also
held meetings with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Political-Military Affairs Todd C. Chapman and the senators.
The
sides discussed progress achieved by Georgia in the scope of
intensified bilateral cooperation in the field of defence at the
meetings. Implementation of NATO-Georgia Substantial Package and
U.S. engagement in the process was referred at the meeting. Regional
security issues and existing challenges were discussed at the
meeting as well…
North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
February 27, 2015
February 27, 2015
Secretary
General visits NATO military headquarters in Naples
NATO
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked Allied personnel for
their service and for their contribution to NATO operations and
missions during his first visit to Allied Joint Force Command
Headquarters in Naples on Friday (27 February 2015). “You are
helping to keep our Alliance safe, and our world more secure,” he
said.
The
Secretary General underscored the command’s “wide range of
responsibilities” and its key role in running a large number of
missions and operations. He noted that Allied
Joint Force Command Naples has been at the forefront of NATO’s
engagement to train Iraqi security forces, protect civilians in
Libya, combat terrorism in the Mediterranean, and bring stability to
the Balkans…
Exercise
Spartan Pegasus demonstrates joint military partnership
By Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Smith
By Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Smith
Spartan
Pegasus demonstrates rapid Arctic airborne insertion, mobility
Paratroopers, with U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat
Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, await their exit as they
fly inside a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during Exercise Spartan
Pegasus on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
DEADHORSE,
Alaska: Paratroopers, with U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade
Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, performed the
largest U.S. airborne mission north of the Arctic Circle in more
than a decade during Exercise Spartan Pegasus 15, Feb. 24.
This
exercise demonstrated their unique ability to rapidly mass power on
an objective in extremely cold and austere environments.
The
airborne operation, spearheaded by the Spartan Brigade’s 6th
Brigade Engineer Battalion, or BEB, inserted nearly 150 paratroopers
along with arctic-mobility equipment, including a small unit support
vehicle and arctic sustainment gear.
The
large-scale exercise involved intricate planning and coordination
amongst several military components including U.S. Army Alaska, or
USARAK, the Air Force, the Alaska National Guard, and the state of
Alaska…
Ukrinform
February 28, 2015
February 28, 2015
Ukraine
receives foreign lethal weapons – NSDC
KYIV:
Some countries supply lethal weapons to Ukraine.
Deputy
secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
(NSDC) Oleh Hladkovsky has said this at the briefing, an Ukrinform
correspondent reports.
“We
are working with the whole world, and I may tell you, without going
beyond the scope of state secret, that we receive lethal weapons
from the countries, where there is no hype, where there is no
impact, which we create, unfortunately, by ourselves,” he said,
answering journalists’ questions whether Ukraine receives lethal
weapons from some world countries…
US
Army Official: Atlantic Resolve May Expand
By
Joe Gould
4
March, 2015
WASHINGTON
— The US military's plans to send troops into Romania and Bulgaria
as a deterrence to Russian aggression could expand to include
Hungary, the Czech Republic and Russia's southern neighbor, Georgia,
according to a US Army official spearheading the effort.
Exercises
between US troops with Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, which
began last April, will expand through the summer, said Col. Michael
Foster, of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vincenza, Italy. The
exercises are part of the US Army Europe-led land force assurance
training mission, known as Operation Atlantic Resolve — now
expanded into "north" and "south" components.
"So
by the end of the summer, you could very well see an operation that
stretches from the Baltics all the way down to the Black Sea,"
Foster said, speaking at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies here on Monday. "As you connect countries, there is
almost a line of US troops."
The
173rd this week will also be sending nearly a battalion's worth of
soldiers to the Ukraine to train troops from its national guard,
considered separate from Atlantic Resolve, Foster said, "but
certainly tied into deterring Russian aggression."
At
the request of Ukrainian officials, the training will focus on the
gamut of small-unit skills, from first aid to basic ambush
operations, aimed at limiting the advantage of Russian forces, Foster
said. Through October, three US Army company units will be paired
with three Ukrainian elements who have been fighting Russian-backed
separatists in eastern Ukraine.
"What
we have been asked to do, and the issue that exists in the fight, is
not an issue of teaching the Ukrainians things they don't know but
refining their processes and pushing them forward," Foster said.
"The fight from my perspective only is it's not an imbalance of
capability, its an imbalance of capacity in some paces, or a
refinement in one area that's giving Russia tactical overmatch in a
few specific areas."
Those
units would be overseen by a battalion headquarters, the 4th Infantry
Division's tactical command post, which has control of Atlantic
Resolve. In the event of a crisis, the host nations would be in
charge
"We
have had some great discussions about, 'What do we do in case of
Russian aggression, in case of kinetic, lethal activity in the
vicinity of our soldiers,' " he said. "I think we've got a
good plan in place."
The
European-brokered ceasefire deal signed in the Belarussian capital
Minsk on Feb. 12 calls for tanks and artillery to be withdrawn from a
buffer zone of between 50 and 140 kilometers (around 30 to 90 miles).
Though both sides say the process is underway, The Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which is tasked with
monitoring the ceasefire, said Monday it was "not yet in a
position to provide verification of withdrawals," AFP reported.
In
April, paratroopers from the 173rd will jump into Romania and
Bulgaria. They will be replaced by about 1,000 soldiers from the 2nd
Cavalry Regiment and 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division,
according to a report in Army Times.
Operation
Atlantic Resolve will continue in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and
Poland with about 900 soldiers from 1st BCT, 3rd Infantry, who are
rotating in from Fort Stewart, Georgia, as part of the Army's
regionally aligned forces concept.
On
Tuesday, the U.S. Army that 450 soldiers from 4th Battalion, 3rd
Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade from Hunter Army
Airfield, Georgia, will deploy to the Ansbach, Germany area by
mid-March, for a nine-month deployment.
The
soldiers, with about 25 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, will
participate in Operation Atlantic Resolve training exercises as well.
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