Beja: Exercise 'Trident Juncture’ rush in the Infantry Regiment 1With 200 Military.
The Armed Forces General Staff said it has begun the exercise of NATO 'Trident Juncture 2015’ (TRJE15) joining in Portugal, in the first phase, next to 200 military of various countries of the Atlantic Alliance.
The exercise of NATO 'Trident Juncture 2015’ It began on Friday, 03 October. A primeira fase do ‘Trident Juncture’ – Command Posts exercise (CPX) – runs from 03 October and 16 October. In Portugal, the exercise started in Infantry Regiment paragraph 1, in Beja.
The purpose of the CPX is “a certificação da NATO Response Force 16 e do Staff do Quartel-general do NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum”, refers to a statement released today.
O ‘Trident Juncture 2015’ You will then have a second phase, exercise with forces (LIVEX), between 21 October and 06 November.
The exercise will take place in Portugal, Spain and Italy, having connection with exercises conducted in Belgium, Canada, Germany, Holland, Norway, in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. At every stage of the exercise will be involved about 36 effective over a thousand 30 nationalities.
In addition to the military personnel who participate directly in the exercise (940 integrated in NATO Response Force — North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO its acronym in English – 2016 and 2220 the complementary means), Portugal further provide 3000 military forces to act as support (Host Nation Support), totaling approximately 6000 Portuguese actual involved in this exercise.
In Portugal, military exercise will be held in high visibility areas Beja, Santa Margarita, Troy and Setúbal and will, in Portugal, over 10 thousand of effective 14 countries.
The exercise also includes three days consist of ceremonies who rely on the presence of several visitors. The first of which will take place in Italy, a 19 October, and according to 04 November, Spain.
Portugal will receive the day of the illustrious visitors 05 November, bringing together military leaders of NATO and Portuguese military chiefs.
“The main objective of the exercise is to demonstrate NATO's ability to plan, generate, prepare, design and sustain assigned forces and means”, concludes the note of the Armed Forces General Staff.
Infantry Regiment of the page 1 (ex-RI3)
Since the end of August RI1 result in the device assembly and appropriation of spaces to receive the military's Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFCBS), command and control agency designated to lead the NATO Response Force 2016 (NRF16), which includes the participation of 30.000 Military mais 30 Allied nations and partners.
The TRJE15 is organized with the support of 3 host nations: Italy, Spain and Portugal, having link with other exercises that will be conducted in Belgium, Canada, Germany, Holland, Norway and, no mar, in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean.
