The members of the special operations platoon, the transport helicopters squadron and part of the Air Brigade command conducted training in the period from 19-20 March, 2019, in accordance with the annual training plan of the unit. As part of the training, an exercise “Combat search, rescue and recovery of casualties from inaccessible terrain” was…
Today, the Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Vasko Gjurchinovski, who is in a working visit to the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, had a meeting with General Sir Gordon Messenger, United Kingdom Vice Chief of Defence Staff, and Mr. Nick Gurr, the Director for International Security Policy, in the UK Ministry of Defence.…
Today, the First Annual Conference on Planning Training in the Army for 2020 was held according to the annual training calendar, and in the organization of the Army’s General Staff J-7 section for training and exercises. At the conference, the subordinate commands and units present the planned training and exercise activities for 2020, and thus…
The fourth regional workshop for the exercise REGEX ‘19 took place from 11th to 15th of March 2019, at the hotel “Holiday Inn” in Skopje. The participants included representatives from 18 PfP countries and the Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples. At the official opening, the Deputy Commander of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) Brigadier General Orce Jordev, welcomed…
On the 11th of March 2019 the Special Forces Battalion within the Special Operation Regiment (SOR) started the course for Close Combat in Built-up Areas for the Special Forces. This is one segment of the complex special operations in urban warfare. Some of the aims of the course are: to gain skills for close combat…
From 11-15 of March 2019 the long range reconnaissance company within the Rangers Battalion did the exercise First Response – ’19 at the Training Area Krivolak. This is the first exercise of this kind conducted in the Army in order to train personnel with strategic skills for intelligence gathering process. The main goal of the…
Today, the 14th of March 2019, at the Special Operations Regiment in the military barracks Ilinden, there was a specified area inspection in accordance with the provisions of the Vienna Document 2011. The team consisted of three representatives of the Romanian Armed Forces and one of the German Armed Forces. The inspection team had briefings…
Today the Signal Battalion (SigBn) and the Military Police Battalion (MPBn) were visited by the participants of the NATO “REGEX19” exercise workshop and the JOC (Joint Operations Command) Chief of Staff Colonel Besnik Emini. The participants were welcomed by the commanders of both units. SigBn Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ilija Damchevski explained the importance of this…
At the Joint Operations Command (JOC), the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade (1MIBde) and the Brigade for Logistics Support (BdeLogSup) had a two-day specified area inspection in accordance with the provisions of the Vienna Document 2011. The inspection team consisted of three representatives of the Romanian Armed Forces and one inspector of the German Armed Forces.…