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Since August 2008 there is no ercises were carried out by artil- how Artillery units can coordi-
doubt that Georgian Artillery lerists of the Georgian Armed nate with other units during their
units are a very powerful strong- Forces at the Orpholo Firing operations. One of the priorities
hold for Georgian Armed Forc- Range. in exercises for next year will be
es. They showed their profes- Fire exercises conducted un- the combined trainings of the
sionalism and dedication in Au- der the final stage of the training members of different types of
gust war. Many Georgian sol- was attended by Defence Minis- units from the Georgian Armed
diers were saved by Artillery ter Vasil Sikharulidze and the Forces.”
cover shelling. Long distance Chief of Staff of GAF, Col. In the frame of two-week ex-
accurate firing stopped a large Vladimer Chachibaia. The lead- ercises, the Artillery Division of
number of aggressors right after ership of MOD was represented the First Infantry Brigade did its
they entered Georgian territory. by the Deputy Defence Minister, best to increase qualification.
Many civilians were driven out Bacho Akhalaia as well. Combined subunits of the Fourth
from the red zone under the cor- Together with the high rank- and Fifth Infantry Brigades have
rect target execution from artil- ing representatives of MOD and utilized anti-armored equipment
lerists at the enemy positions JS, training was attended by for- during the tactical artillery firing.
around the villages in region. eign military attaches accredit- “Our most important mission
Georgian Artillery became a real ed to Georgia. is to keep State Security, so any
nightmare and scary surprise for Since Mr. Sikharulidze be- kind of exercise is very important.
the Russian military during the came the new Minister of De- Next year’s training program will
August days. fence, it was his first visit to the give us better results for coordi-
“SI VIC PACEM, PARA shooting range, and he compli- nated execution of missions,” said
BELLUM” - this wise phrase is mented the exercises: “It is im- Col. Chachibaia.
tightly followed by Georgian portant to run these kind of ex- Tactical firings were evaluat-
Armed Forces. December 18th, ercises. These guys numerous ed positively from Georgian as
after two weeks of intensive times proved their effectiveness. well as the foreign visitors’ side.
training, demonstrative fire ex- It is also very important to see Mindia Arabuli
INSIDE
Interview With Defence Minister met
Lithuanian MOND with NATO/PfP
Liaison Officer
Undersecretary
Communication
Andrius Krivas Trainings in Saguramo
Independent
International Fact- Intelligence Officers
Finding Mission on the Complete Basic
Conflict in Georgia at Mountain Training
the Defence Ministry Course
2 MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT OF GEORGIA TODAY DECEMBER 2008 ISSUE #18
Intelligence Officers
Complete Basic Mountain
Training Course
20 students of the Intelligence Offic- dents have done everything well.” Cap. river, create and use alpinist knots, re-
er’s Course at the National Defence Modebadze also told us that the course locate in alpine zone, among other ac-
Academy passed their examination in was conducted by Georgian instructors. tivities.
the basics of mountain training. The Before the quick march, we were able “After this course, soldiers have to
training, which started on the 8th of De- to interview one of the students, who overcome any difficulties which they
cember, lasted for two weeks. In the said “it’s very important to train Geor- could meet,” said 1st SGT Dzindzinbadze.
framework of the course, students stud- gian soldiers in Mountain Courses, be- He also mentioned that it’s very impor-
ied techniques of relocation, and climb- cause during the August events there tant for a soldier to be physically well
ing up and climbing down from rocks. were several problems which were too trained, saying “This training needs sol-
During the final test, the officers suc- difficult to solve.” We also interviewed diers to be very strong and to be hardy.”
cessfully completed a 4 kilometer length the 1 st SGT of Mountain Training He added that because of climate condi-
quick march. During their conversation School, Giorgi Dzindzibadze. During tions, this course was a little bit reduced.
with us, Captain Lasha Modebadze, the the interview he explained to us that this It’s planned that from 2009, some of
Chief of Sachkhere Mountain Training course was very important, because dur- the subunits will be trained with this
School educational division, said that ing the course, students studied how to program, which will improve and train
this course was completed without any overcome obstacles that are prominent better Georgian soldiers, and all this will
difficulties and problems. “Such physi- in the Georgian landscape. reflect on the level of professionalism
cal overloads for students were used for He told us that during this training, of the GAF.
the first time, but in spite of this the stu- student officers studied how to force the David Jokhadze
The Pre-New Year official reception Atlantic Alliance has not slowed down.” tion with NATO requirements, more
was held in the club “TwoSide” on be- Readiness for further close coopera- must be done.”
half of the Defence Minister, Davit tion with the diplomatic corps and non- According to the Chief of the Joint
Sikharulidze. The event was hosted by governmental organizations was ex- Staff of GAF, Col. Vladimer Chachiba-
Davit Sikharulidze, celebrating his pro- pressed by the Defence Minister. The ia, “Our reception is attended by diplo-
motion to the rank of the Defence Min- importance of resumption and intensi- mats and military attaches from foreign
ister. The official reception was attend- fication of collaboration in this case was countries. Such kinds of meetings are
ed by representatives of the diplomatic stressed as well. very constructive, because of possibili-
corps, military attaches, NGOs, journal- The NATO Liaison Officer in the ty to meet each other, communicate and
ists and experts. South Caucasus region, Zbigniew Ry- divide opinions and experiences.”
The Defence Minister of Georgia backi, has shared his views with us: To hold Pre-New Year reception on
expressed the appreciation of the Geor- “This is a good opportunity for the dip- behalf of the Georgian Defence Minis-
gian side to guests for an active collab- lomatic corps to meet the recently ap- ter in honor of the diplomatic corps ac-
oration. Davit Sikharulidze said, “In pointed Defence Minister of Georgia. credited to Georgia has become a tradi-
spite of existing problems, Georgia’s The Georgian Armed Forces have made tion and this tradition will be continued.
intent to look and aspire to the North- progress for showing the best correla- Nino Gogochishvili