100 Georgian soldiers complete 5-month training in Germany
Following the training in Germany the 3rd Infantry Brigade will leave for Afghanistan. Photo: Defence Ministry press office
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One hundred Georgian servicemen have returned from a five-month-long training session in Germany ahead of the NATO-led peacekeeping Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.
During the training in Germany the Georgian servicemen from the 3rd Infantry Brigade improved the skills they had acquired in Georgia.
Less than a week ago one hundred Georgian servicemen left for Afghanistan, following the 'full pre-deployment training' in Georgia.
One hundred Georgian servicemen have left for the NATO-led peacekeeping Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, following the 'full pre-deployment training' in Georgia. Prior to departure Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili thanked the servicemen for their dedication to global security and wished them good luck throughout the mission.
The 13th battalion of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of Georgia is the third Georgian battalion which has completed trainings within the joint US and Georgian Defence Readiness Programme (GDRP).
Senior Lieutenant Iveri Buadze who was severely injured in Afghanistan’s Parwan Province in 2017 returned to Georgia after a long treatment and rehabilitation course in the United States. Being involved in the NATO Resolute Support Mission Buadze was supervising a team of Georgian soldiers on 6 September 2017 as they visually inspected vehicles prior to entering Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.
More than a hundred Georgian peacekeepers serving in a NATO-led mission in Afghanistan have returned home safely.
Georgian Defence Forces capacity will be kept at no more than 37,000 servicemembers for the next year, following a planned review of the subject by the Defence and Security Committee of Georgian parliament on Friday.