HOHENFELS, Germany -- More than 250 service members from the militaries of six nations will participate in Steppe Eagle 14, a multinational peacekeeping exercise designed to validate deployment capability for future United Nations peacekeeping and peace support operations.
This year marks the twelfth iteration of this multilateral exercise between principal participants Kazakhstan, the U.S. and UK since 2003, but will be the first time that the exercise will be held outside of Kazakhstan. The Kazakhstani contingent will deploy using their own transport aircraft, exercising the country's capacity to project and sustain forces outside of the region. The 198th Regional Support Group, Arizona National Guard is currently in Kazakhstan supporting their training for that mission, mentoring them in Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration and Soldier Readiness Processing operations.
The exercise will take place at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany from Sept. 25 through Oct. 16. The Joint Multinational Readiness Center provides realistic peacekeeping training for partner nation units and leaders with modern combat maneuver and simulation centers, classrooms and facilities.
The U.S. military employs an assessment process at the JMRC to train and certify military units before peacekeeping deployments. The Kazakhstani Peacekeeping Battalion will operate within the format of a multinational contingent to improve interoperability in an international environment. The participants will practice mission planning, operation orders, and current operations tracking in cooperation with their counterparts from the 198th Regional Support Group, Arizona National Guard, U.S. Army Central Command, and the United Kingdom. In addition to demonstrating "fly-away capability" to the world, the Kazakhstan military will validate its readiness to face realistic, modern challenges in peacekeeping scenarios.
Steppe Eagle 14 builds on previous cooperation amongst participating forces, builds additional functional capacity, practices crisis management, and enhances readiness. It fosters better understanding, friendship and readiness for the purpose of reinforcing regional stability.
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