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CJSE 2016, TOC, multinationella brigaden.
International Exercise with a License to Learn 22 April 20161:39 PM

Around 1,200 participants from almost thirty nations are gathering now for this year's major international leadership training exercise, Combined Joint Staff Exercise, CJSE 16, in Enköping, Karlskrona...

Brigadchef finska pansarbrigaden i Hämmenlinna överste Pekka Järvi, svensk militärattaché i Finland överste Bo Stennabb tillsammans med Stefan Sandborg, ställföreträdande regementschef och brigadchef 2.brigaden och Joacim Hallberg, Fredrik Månsson, Johan Lindgren från Skaraborgs regemente.
Finnish-Swedish collaboration in focus 18 April 20162:21 PM

“Thank you for a great visit, I’m looking forward to the next time", said deputy regimental commander Stefan Sandborg after an interesting and successful visit to the Armoured brigade in Hämmenlinna...

Övningsområdet består av mycket träskmark vilket kan medföra att granatkastaren måste grävas ner
Full speed towards Scotland 18 April 201612:55 PM

The largest multinational military exercise in Europe under the name Joint Warrior has started. The exercise comprises units from all defence arenas, Navy, Army and Air force and will mainly take...

Change of Command at NCGM, Jan Dunmurray hand over the shield to Lars Berglund, SWEDINT, NCGM.
“My ultimate goal is to make us all redundant...” 15 April 201612:15 PM

Four years after the inauguration of NCGM, the centre is well established and into its next phase, accentuated by the arrival of a new commanding officer. Cdr Jan Dunmurray, first and founding CO now...

160308 Övning i spridd klargöring på krigsbas och start från kortbana. Mercedes Sprint, personbil 8.
Exercising at military bases 5 April 20164:37 PM

It takes team work to enhance the military capabilities of the combat unit. A new concept and a new method has been tested to deliver enhanced military capabilities during daily activities.

United Nations Tactical Course, UNTAC completed at SWEDINT/NCGM
UNTAC 2016 COMPLETED 1 April 20168:33 AM

The two week long annual UNTAC is now successfully been completed. Seventy participants from thirteen different nations were trained and tutored by international experienced instructors.

Under söndagen den 28 februari lossades de två transportfartyg som fraktat 320 svenska fordon från Viktoriahamnen i Luleå till övningen Cold response 2016
Logistics operation in large format 8 March 201610:00 AM

The two transport vessels carrying most of the Swedish vehicles from port Viktoria in Luleå to the exercise area in Nord-Trøndelag were unloaded on Sunday 28 February. "We have unloaded 320 vehicles,...

UNMCPP, Nairobi, Kenya, SWEDINT
UN MCPP up running 7 March 201610:00 PM

Finally the two-week long United Nations Military Planning Process Course is up and running. The opening ceremony for the UNMCPP course was conducted at the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) in...

Swedint in Nairobi, Africa running the UN course NORDEFCO MCPP
NORDEFCO running the UNMCPP in Nairobi 7 March 20169:14 PM

For the fifth time SWEDINT, as part of the NORDEFCO support to Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF), has arrived in East Africa in order to conduct training for military staff officers in the UN...

Utbildningsinsatsen i Irak
Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces visits training unit in Iraq 7 March 20165:26 PM

Swedish soldiers have been training Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq since August last year. The Supreme Commander, General Micael Bydén, was recently on the ground to meet the unit and to form his...