Army Europe's JMRC offers lessons learned to Czech land forces

By Capt. Christopher B Bradley (USAREUR), JMRC PAOMarch 2, 2015

JCAP in Czech
1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Pirog of the Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Mustang team addresses soldiers of the Czech Republic's 7th Mechanized Brigade during a Joint Combined Academics Program seminar in Hranice, Czech Republic, Feb. 23-27, 2015.... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Ambassador Shapiro Addresses Czech Soldiers
2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Ambassador Andrew H. Shapiro, U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, spoke to members of the 7th Mechanized Brigade of the Czech Land Forces during the training. Ambassador Shapiro spoke to the great relationship between the United States and the Cze... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Combined Instruction in Czech
3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Lt. Col. John Pirog of the JMRC Mustang team and soldiers form the Czech Land Forces conduct combined training during the week long JCAP training. A cross functional team of Observer Coach Trainers (OCTs) from the Joint Multinational Readiness Center... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

HRANICE, Czech -- A cross-functional team of Observer Coach Trainers from the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany travelled to Hranice this week to facilitate a Joint Combined Academics Program seminar for the Czech Land Forces' 7th Mechanized Brigade from Feb. 23-27, 2015.

The 7th Brigade is preparing for Allied Sprit II in Hohenfels this summer. Allied Spirit II is a U.S. Army Europe led exercise designed to provide multinational interoperability training at brigade and battalion levels to enhance U.S. and Alliance effectiveness.

The Joint Combined Academics Program, or JCAP, allows OCTs to share interoperability lessons learned and best practices across a wide spectrum of topics gathered from multiple Decisive Action Training Environment rotations held at JMRC.

Earlier in the week, Ambassador Andrew H. Shapiro, U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, spoke to members of the 7th Mechanized Brigade of the Czech Land Forces during the training. Ambassador Shapiro spoke to the great relationship between the United States and the Czech Republic, a large part of which is fostered through numerous training events at JMRC.

The JMRC falls under the leadership of U.S. Army Europe's training command, the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command headquartered out of Grafenwoehr, Germany. To learn more about the exercises it hosts at both Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels, visit www.eur.army.mil/JMTC/exercises.html.

Related Links:

Joint Multinational Readiness Center

Exercise Allied Spirit

Joint Multinational Training Command

Decisive Action Training Environment