Category Archives: Military and Defense

Europe’s army?

01 Friday Feb 2013

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AMX 56 Leclerc Tank of Armée de terre (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Despite defense cuts, few European countries come close to France for military power.

By Paul Ames, Global Post, Jan. 27, 2013

BRUSSELS, Belgium — French military prowess isn’t always fully appreciated in the United States.

But there are few troops anywhere in the world better prepared for their task than the marines, foreign legionaries, and other elite French units rolling north to confront the Jihadist militants controlling much of Mali… (more)

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The Future of American Landpower: Does Forward Presence Still Matter? The Case of the Army in Europe

06 Tuesday Nov 2012

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Saber Junction 2012 [Image 3 of 9]

Saber Junction 2012 [Image 3 of 9] (Photo credit: DVIDSHUB)

By Dr. John R. Deni, Strategic Studies Institute

“In fact, the primary purpose of U.S. forces in Eu­rope today is to build interoperability and military capability within and among America’s most capable and most likely future coalition partners through se­curity cooperation activities like exercises and train­ing events. This shift in purpose means that U.S. force presence in Europe is no longer—if indeed it ever was—a useful tool in extracting a greater commitment to increased defense spending on the part of America’s European allies.” http://t.co/o8qClsXf

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19 NATO and partner nations enhance interoperability at US Army Europe training event Saber Junction 2012

06 Tuesday Nov 2012

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Atlantic-Community.org: 19 NATO and partner nations enhanced their interoperability at the US Army Europe’s training event “Sabre Junction 2012” in Grafenwoehr, Germany. 6,000 personnel and hundreds of military aircraft and vehicles participated in the month-long exercise. It was the largest of its kind in Germanysince the end of the Cold War. http://t.co/SggU2KgH

 

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Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey Hold Pipeline-Security Exercises

24 Monday Sep 2012

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Turkish soldiers during the Destined Glory “Loyal Midas” 2005 military exercise, October 7, 2005. Photo by PH1 Timm Duckworth, USN. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, September 24, 2012

 

Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish troops have begun an exercise aimed at improving security for energy pipelines.  The exercises near Ankara will last until September 28… (more) ow.ly/2slxkr 

 

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Navigating the Future: NATO-South Caucasus Partnership

20 Thursday Sep 2012

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The breakaway republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh within the Caucasus region, after the South Ossetia war in August 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Valentina M. Gevorgyan, Atlantic Community, September 20, 2012

At the recent Chicago Summit, NATO made sure to prioritize partnerships on its agenda. The South Caucasus region is one that can greatly benefit from NATO partnership, especially where security and justice are concerned. NATO’s efforts in the region should aim at resolving frozen conflicts, including the Nagorno Karabagh conflict… (more) ow.ly/2shrzh 

 

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CSTO Exercises Tiptoe Around Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

20 Thursday Sep 2012

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Political Map of the Caucasus and Central Asia

Political Map of the Caucasus and Central Asia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

By Joshua Kucera, The Bug Pit (Eurasianet), September 20, 2012

 

The Collective Security Treaty Organization has wrapped up its annual military exercises, held this year in Armenia, with the group’s general secretary saying the group needs to create its own military forces, including air forces, in Central Asia. But at a time of heightened tensions in the Caucasus, the drills took a relatively low profile… (more) http://ow.ly/2sgQSy 

 

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Russian Military Starts Maneuvers Near Dushanbe

19 Wednesday Sep 2012

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Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, September 19, 2012

Russian troops have started tactical military exercises at Russia’s Lyaur military test field near the Tajik capital, Dushanbe… (more) ow.ly/1mww3d 

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Russia’s Caucasus War Games

18 Tuesday Sep 2012

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Administrative map of Caucasus in USSR, 1957-1991

Administrative map of Caucasus in USSR, 1957-1991 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Every time Russia comes to play war in the Caucasus, a sense of alert spreads in the neighborhood. And it does not help if the Russians are running around with guns for two separate war games at the same time… (more) ow.ly/1mvgzzBy Giorgi Lomsadze, Eurasianet, September 18, 2012

 

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CSTO Joint Military Maneuvers Continue In Armenia

 

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Foreign Policy: Security and conflict in the Caucasus region

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

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U.S. Army Europe commander discusses current challenges and defense issues in the region with Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense, Safar Abiyev (left). (Photo: Kelly Schloesser, U.S. Army Europe)

From Tom Rick’s blog The Best Defense, August 20, 2012:

By Lt. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, US Army, Best Defense guest columnist

The Caucasus — that historical causeway of conflict between Europe and the Middle East — remains a complicated tangle of security concerns. Ethnic tensions still affect long standing territorial disputes, internally displaced indigenous people align with or oppose powerful diasporas, and an increasing nouveau riche — an oil-fueled minority upper class — is growing in an area once known only for desperate poverty… (more) http://ow.ly/d8K0x

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RFERL: Armenian Troops Flown To Germany For Training

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

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The commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, Lieutenant General Mark Hertling (R), inspects Armenian peacekeeping troops in Yerevan, 18Jul2012 (Photo: RFE/RL)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, August 15, 2012

More than 100 Armenian soldiers flew to Germany on Wednesday to take part in training and exercises organized by the U.S. military for nations involved in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

The Armenian Defense Ministry said the 116 soldiers will train at a U.S. military base in Germany from August 16 through September 4 alongside U.S., Bulgarian, Romanian, Slovenian and Ukrainian troops… (more)

http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24678060.html

 

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