Designed to test the capacity of the Allied
\nJoint Force Command Naples to lead a NATO collective defence operation, the
\nTRIDENT JOUST 15 exercise brings together 1,000 troops from 25 NATO members in
\nthe Cincu shooting ground in Brasov county (central Romania). <\/p>\n
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Between June 17-28, an Allied Joint Force
\nCommand headquarters are for the first time deployed in Romania where they will
\nconduct the shifting of command and control of the NATO Response Force to a
\ntemporary location. As of this year the Allied Joint Force Command Naples is in
\ncharge of that Force. So, the headquarters will temporarily move to Romania for
\nthe duration of the exercise, and the Joint Logistics Support Group, based in
\nNaples, is deploying its headquarters to Bulgaria to exercise its capability in
\nsupport of the drill. The exercise was announced last month by admiral Mark Ferguson,
\nthe commander of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples jointly with Romanian
\nDefence Minister, Mircea Dusa. <\/p>\n
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TRIDENT JOUST is a part of a larger series of
\nNATO defence exercises, the operations focusing on enhancing interoperability,
\nreadiness and responsiveness among member and partner states. The series
\nreferred to ALLIED SHIELD also includes the exercise NOBLE JUMP, the first
\ntraining deployment of Allied High Readiness Joint Task Force units. It also
\nincludes BALTOPS, an allied naval exercise to take place in the Baltic Sea and
\nSABER STRIKE, a land exercise held in the Baltic states. All in all, almost
\n14,000 troops will participate in this series of training events, taking place
\nacross the Alliance in the month of June.
\nAccording to admiral Ferguson, these exercises demonstrate that NATO is
\ntransforming and adapting to meet the new security challenges facing the
\nAlliance, as identified at the Wales summit.<\/p>\n
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The mission of the Allied Joint Force Command
\nNaples is to prepare for, plan and conduct military operations to preserve the
\npeace, security and territorial integrity of the NATO member states. In another
\ndevelopment, until June 26 Romanian troops are also participating in a
\nmultinational exercise of the special operations Forces called ROUSOFEX 15. As
\nmany as 1,500 troops with more than 100 pieces of combat equipment from
\nBulgaria, Georgia, Greece, the Republic of Moldova, Poland, Romania, the US and
\nTurkey are taking part in that tactical exercise held in several garrisons and
\nshooting grounds in eastern Romania. <\/p>\n
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