Georgia is taking part for the first time as a full NATO partner nation participant in the large-scale NATO cyber defence exercise “Cyber Coalition” hosted by Estonia during 2-6 December.

Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili started visiting the military bases of the West Command from Sachkhere Mountain Training School which is one of the distinguished training facilities in Defence Forces and in the region. Defense Minister inspected the training corps, headquarters, barracks, a hotel, a locker room, a medical office, a gym, an auto park and familiarized with the existing infrastructure.

Military sports competition was held on the camp “Marmal” in Afghanistan. Military personnel of the quick reaction force (QRF) Company of the III Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Defence Forces and Coalition Forces took part in the tournament. 

Within the 16-day campaign against a gender-based violence 2019, Giorgi Anksukhelidze NCO Academy hosted an information meeting with the military service members.

Five Georgian battalions have been already trained under the Georgian Defense Readiness Program (GDRP-T).

Lecture about NATO-Georgia military cooperation was held in the NATO Liaison Office in Georgia in the framework of the project “NATO Success Story”. 

Chief of the Georgian Defence Forces, Lieutenant General Vladimer Chachibaia attended the EU Military Committee Conference in Brussels.

The 43rd Battalion of IV Mechanized Brigade of Georgian Defense Forces returned homeland from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan late at night. The unit carried out the Resolute Support mission without casualties and transferred the authority to the 12th Battalion of I Infantry Brigade by rotation.

Georgian peacekeepers participating in the resolute Support mission celebrated Saint George’s Day in St. George Church on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.

225 military servicemen joined Georgian Defense Forces. The oath taking ceremony was held in Supportive Center “Krtsanisi”.

Special Operation Forces of Georgian Defense Forces marks its 20th anniversary. Deputy Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze and Deputy Chief of Defense Forces, Brigadier General Zaza Chkhaidze congratulated the military on the jubilee. 

US-Georgia cooperation in defence and security sphere has moved to qualitatively new level.  Security Cooperation Framework between U.S. Department of Defense and Georgian Ministry of Defence was signed in the Pentagon.