First elements leaving for Exercise Common Effort 2008

Strasbourg (France), 13 October 2008.

Today the first elements of the Multinational Command Support Brigade (MNCS Bde) left HQ Eurocorps. The lorries transported personnel and shelters from the Command Post Training Platform in the AUbert de Vincelles barracks to the French Training Area of Mourmelon, near to the city of Reims (France).

There the Command Post Set Up Company (CP Set Up Coy) of the Headquarters Support Battalion (HQSB) will start to build up and installation of the Main and Rear Command Posts for the Eurocorps' exercise Common Effort 08. These preparations will allow some 2000 soldiers to train in exactly the same conditions as during a real operation.

Common Effort 08 is mayor exercise at army corps level that will take place from 12 till 28 November 2008. These exercises make it possible for Eurocorps members to train on a regular base in order to improve their professional know-how and to preserve their certification as NATO high readiness forces (HRF) and NATO Response Force (NRF).

 

Pictures: OR3 FERNANDEZ

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