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Rehearsal demonstrates NATO’s Balkans resolve
16 March 2006
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On 16 March, additional NATO forces will deploy to Kosovo to take part in the first phase of an annual operational rehearsal to ensure NATO Reserve Forces are prepared to respond to any crisis in the Balkans.
NATO forces will deploy to Kosovo to take part in a yearly scheduled operational rehearsal to ensure NATO Reserve Forces are prepared to respond to any crisis in the Balkans. The rehearsal, planned last autumn, constitutes the first phase of a series of operational rehearsals nicknamed DETERMINED EFFORT 2006 (DE 06), which will continue throughout the year. During this phase a German Operational Reserve Force (ORF) Battalion will be deployed into theatre from 16 March to 05 May 2006.
Like those previously conducted over the past several years, this rehearsal sends a renewed clear message of NATO’s and the international community’s strong resolve and commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the overall Balkans region. It also demonstrates NATO’s ability to reinforce already in-theatre NATO-led forces at very short notice with so-called Reserve Forces.
The Units will be fully mission-capable and logistically self-sustaining and integrated into the command and control structures of KFOR, will practice and validate operational concepts and familiarize units with the terrain and environment.
The Commander of the Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples, who is the Joint Force Commander responsible for the NATO-led Balkan Operations, will coordinate the operational rehearsal. The Multi-national Forces Headquarters in Kosovo, KFOR, will control assigned units.