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By Sgt. 1st Class Stacy Niles
214th Fires Brigade
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA, Iraq – To help solidify and improve communication between units, Salvadoran and Georgian soldiers participated in a quick reaction force exercise June 13. U.S. Soldiers helped monitor and plan the exercise.
In Wasit province, the El Salvadoran Cuscatlán Battalion assists in the execution of reconstruction efforts and provides humanitarian support to the area.
The 1st Georgian Infantry Brigade provides a quick reaction force in the case of an enemy attack and conducts civilian military cooperation and humanitarian missions.
"The accuracy in reporting is critical," said Maj. James Singer, 214th Fires Brigade operations officer. This is especially true during an enemy attack.
"The exercise helps us to identify command and control issues and validates the processes and procedures used to coordinate operations between our coalition partners. It is also a great teambuilding exercise that reinforces trust and confidence between coalition forces here on Delta," Singer said. "With the different languages, it is critical that information be passed as accurately and quickly as possible.
"This was an outstanding exercise. Our soldiers did the best they could to achieve the training goal," said Lt. Col. Felix Nuñez, the Cuscatlán Battalion operations officer. "It proves how important standard procedures are when one coalition is supported by another coalition QRF."
In the exercise scenario, an improvised explosive device exploded near the Salvadoran convoy causing three casualties. The 1GB QRF responded to the attack and was also struck by an improvised explosive device while coming to the aid of the Salvadoran soldiers.
"This can happen any time when we are out of the wire," said Nuñez. "We train weekly and reinforce different tasks with special focus on tasks like this that can actually occur."
| Date Taken: | 06.19.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 06.19.2008 03:36 |
| Story ID: | 20632 |
| Location: | AL KUT, IQ |
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