PURPOSE

The combined Bulgarian-American exercise with the participation of Bulgarian Land Forces and U.S. Army military personnel is being conducted in accordance with the Defence Cooperation Agreement between Bulgarian and U.S. governments, the execution agreements and The Status of Forces Agreement (NATO).

The exercise is conducted at Novo Selo Training Area and Bezmer Air Base.
The purposes of the exercise include:

• Developing skills necessary for the task executions during NATO operations in Afghanistan (operations conducted during patrol, escort, at check points, medical evacuation, etc.);
• Improving the interoperability between the Bulgarian and U.S. Armed Forces;
• Improving the Control system during international operations;
• Combined Bulgarian-American live fire training with weapons mounted on combat vehicles and small arms fire
• Combined execution of humanitarian projects