Uruguayan Secretary of the Presidency Alberto Breccia (L) talks on his mobile phone near the area where the remains of a Uruguayan believed to have been kidnapped and murdered by army soldiers during the 1973-85 military dictatorship were found, in Montevideo March 15, 2012. The remains were found buried near military barracks in the outskirts of Montevideo.
French military policemen and Afghan police vehicles secure a route in Nejrab during the combined mission(Photo by ISAF Public Affair Office, Maitre Christian Valverde, French Navy)
IR12 is a multinational tactical field training exercise that will involve more than 700 personnel primarily from the U.S. Army Europe’s 2nd Calvary Regiment and Croatian armed forces, with contingents from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia. Macedonia and Serbia will send observers to the exercise.
The exercise is a part of USEUCOM"s joint training and exercise program designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability between the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Croatian Armed Forces and partner nations, and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment.
