Georgia and US to hold joint military exercise Noble Partner
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Georgian Armed Forces (GAF) and their United States (US) Army partners will hold a second edition of the joint military exercise Noble Partner as two countries continue their defence cooperation.
The exercise will follow the 2015 Noble Partner drills in May of last year that featured hundreds of service members from the NATO Response Force (NRF) militaries.
The exercise will again be held in May at the Vaziani Military Airfield and polygon 20km outside capital Tbilisi.
See US Army 173 Airborne Brigade in action at the 2015 Noble Partner exercise at the Vaziani Military Base in Georgia below:
Involving two company-size units of the GAF and a number of US Army units, the 2016 Noble Partner will be aimed at enhancing NRF interoperability and strengthening defence cooperation between Georgia and the US.
Vaziani hosted the planning conference for the exercise today, with military planners of the two countries involved in assessment and coordination efforts for the event.
Georgia became the fourth non-NATO member state to join the NRF last year, with the unit created in reaction to security developments in Eastern Europe over the recent years.
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Georgia has joined a NATO rapid reaction force made up of highly trained and technologically advanced multinational troops, tasked to defend any ally and deploy anywhere in the world to combat threats.
US military servicemen who participated in the US-Georgia joint exercise Noble Partner for the first time are taking part in today's celebration of Georgia’s Independence Day alongside Georgian soldiers.
The name ‘Noble Partner’ was deliberately chosen for the Georgia–US joint military exercises to underline the significance of the Georgian Armed Forces, said a US Army official.
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"Georgia is an independent and sovereign state, which has the right to hold any kind of training on its territory,” Georgia’s Foreign Ministry says.
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