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A dream team of advisers 11 November 200811:02 AM

The Commander of the peacekeeping force BFOR has a staff of advisers covering a whole range of different aspects. Everything from civil-military relations, legal questions, gender, politics and...

To protect the prisoners 11 November 20088:37 AM

The prison chief in western Midas is threatening to release dangerous prisoners unless the UN comes to his assistance. The prisoners are suffering from malnutrition, water supplies have run out and...

More information about incidents in northern Afghanistan 10 November 20082:56 PM

Since October 31, there have been three incidents involving Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan. Despite these incidents, the security situation in the Swedish area of responsibility is still judged to be...

Viking in the Austrian alps 10 November 20082:31 PM

The Feld Training Area "Seetaler Alpe" in Austria is the exercise site for the BFOR 4th mechanized brigade in East Mida. In real life a region southwest of Stockholm.

Supreme Commander gets a new role 10 November 200812:48 PM

The Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, Håkan Syrén, is to spend a few days taking part in the exercise VIKING 08 in the role of Combined Joint Task Force Commander.

Relations with all parties 10 November 20089:11 AM

The Red Cross occupies something of a special position in international conflicts. Besides often being the first outside actor to arrive and the last to leave, they also have to be independent and...

Visit by Finnish Defence Forces to Finnish site 9 November 20089:38 AM

On Friday two generals from FDF had a briefing and tour of the Finnish site. They showed great interest and we had to answer a lot of questions. In fact they found it so interesting so they stayed an...

Understanding is the path to learning 8 November 20083:34 PM

For the first time, the United Nations (UN) is one of the actors in the VIKING 08 exercise. With around 30 people from all over the world they are here to add value and to share their experiences, but...

Evaluation and development 7 November 200812:20 PM

An important aspect of VIKING 08 is the evaluation. This is carried out by the EXEVAL group and its purpose is to evaluate the exercise from start to finish, including the planning process which began...

Catering for the multitude 7 November 200812:06 PM

Two Norwegians stand at the service desk on Day 3 of the exercise looking a little confused. They have heard that they are not on the list of participants and so have nowhere to stay. Behind the desk,...