U.S. troops start training exercise in Georgia_(Republic of Georgia)

reuteurs ^ | 7/18/08 | reuteurs

[Flavius]

- One thousand U.S. troops began a military training exercise in Georgia on Tuesday against a backdrop of growing friction between Georgia and neighboring Russia.

Officials said the exercise, called "Immediate Response 2008," had been planned for months and was not linked to a stand-off between Moscow and Tbilisi over two Russian-backed separatists regions of Georgia.

The United States is an ally of Georgia and has irritated Russia by backing Tbilisi's bid to join the NATO military alliance.

[Flavius]

Russian army officers to learn mountain warfare in IHK

Srinagar, July 15 (KMS): A delegation of Russian army officers, as part of an extensive military cooperation program with India, is visiting occupied Kashmir to learn about mountain warfare.

Nearly a dozen of Russian military officers from the motorized infantry brigades highland training centre and the Far Eastern Military Command will get training in mountain-infantry units of Indian army in the occupied territory.

The Russian team, led by deputy commander Lt. Gen. Valery Yevnevich will see how the Indian troops train for mountainous operations, a Russian officer was quoted as saying. The visit, which runs until July 30, was agreed in Moscow on June 24 by India's Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, and Russia's Ground Forces commander, Gen. Alexei Maslov. Russia began deploying two mountain brigades in the North Caucasus last year, near the mountainous border with Georgia.

http://www.kmsnews.org/news/russian-army-officers-learn-mountain-warfare-ihk

[SECURE AMERICA]

Sounds like a very good idea. Anyone that does not understand that our troubles with Russia are not over yet could be in for a rude awaking in the next few years....

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Fort Benningski?