Recent joint training sessions held on Romanian territory

Urban warfare training, jointly held with Romanian Army's NATO allies

Radio România Internațional, 23.10.2024, 14:00

The French colleagues of the NATO fighting group stationed in Romania, last week celebrated the 2024 edition of Goût de France, a Taste of France. The event was staged in a bid to promote French gastronomy. Attending were officials of Fagaras Municipality, Brasov County School Inspectorate, as well as partners, sponsors, collaborators and various other guests.

The atmosphere was extraordinary, with top-flight participation. The Aurel Vijoli Technological High School/The French Vocational School in Fagaras, in partnership with the Brasov French Alliance, the French Consular Agency in Brasov, with the AIGLE-NATO Mission representatives in Cincu made a team, with the contribution of each member being extremely important. The high school pupils currently on a programme enabling them to become cooks, waiters or pastry cooks took the opportunity and enjoyed a hands-on experience in the preparation of dishes, salty or sweet, dishes that were then on display, much to the delight of the people attending.

It was the perfect opportunity for participants to learn secrets of the French cuisine, but also to promote army cooks’ skills and culture.

A joint urban warfare training session with NATO allies has been scheduled on the premises of the Getica National Joint Training Centre in Cincu, central Romania. The joint combat exercise targets the practice of procedures in urban warfare, together with the allies. In the Cincu Centre, the Dolj 20 Infantry Battalion troops continued their training, jointly with contingents from North Macedonia, Poland and Portugal. The troops carried a situational training exercise as part of the BLACK SCORPION 24 multinational exercise.

The key objectives of the exercise were the improvement of interoperability and the joint training, mounted in order to cope with the international challenges, the learning and sharing of advanced attack tactics, as well as the capturing of strategic positions using modern infiltration, together with assault techniques.

Also, training has been conducted for the defence of urban territory and the management of resources, in a bid to resist long-term enemy attacks. Such exercises are crucial in their bid to make sure armed forces are prepared to cope with the complex challenges of urban warfare.
NATO fight groups are an obvious proof of the solidarity within the Alliance, of the determination and the capacity to defend NATO population and territory against any possible aggression.

As an absolute first, on October 16, the Veterans’ Relay, now reaching its 11th edition and jointly carried by representatives of the Invictus Association in Romania and the Romanian Ground Forces, was received at the headquarters of the Caracal-based (in the south) 22 Infantry battalion by the command of the battalion. After that, the Romanati 22 Infantry Battalion, together with their Portuguese and North-Macedonian partners, passed the baton, after a 55-kilometer-long route, to representative of the Tudor Vladimirescu National Military College in the Craiova garrison (in the south). Jointly staged with the Invictus Romania Association, the event was held against the backdrop of the celebration, on October 25th, of Romanian Army Day.