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Updated: 20-Sep-2001 Week of 10-16 September 2001

10-21 Sep 2001

Exercise Cooperative Best Effort 2001

From 10 to 21 September, the latest in an annual series of military exercises being held within the framework of the Partnership for Peace programme, Exercise Cooperative Best Effort, is taking place in Austria. This exercise is training participants from 7 NATO and 13 Partner countries in various peace support operation skills.

According to the scenario, a NATO-led peace support operation working under a UN mandate, is to provide a safe and secure environment in preparation for elections which are to take place in a mountainous area called "Mountania". The exercise is being held in the Alps and is focusing more specifically on tasks such as the running of command and observation posts, check points, patrolling, medical evacuation, mine awareness, search operations and convoy escorts.

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