Relationship building during Angkor Sentinel 2010 Command Post Exercise

By Capt. Choli Ence, 128th MPAD, UTNGJuly 23, 2010

Relationship building during Angkor Sentinel 2010 Command Post Exercise
1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Multinational participants at work during the command post exercise at Angkor Sentinel 2010. Angkor Sentinel is a multinational training exercise supporting peace support operations co-sponsored by the Royal Cambodian Armed Fo... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Relationship building during Angkor Sentinel 2010 Command Post Exercise
2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Multinational participants at work during the command post exercise at Angkor Sentinel 2010. Angkor Sentinel is a multinational training exercise supporting peace support operations co-sponsored by the Royal Cambodian Armed Fo... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Relationship building during Angkor Sentinel 2010 Command Post Exercise
3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Spc. Dan Wolfe, broadcaster with the 128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Utah Army National Guard, takes video footage of the multinational participants at work during the command post exercise at Angkor Sentinel 2010. Ang... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Representatives from 21 countries gathered to participate in the command post exercise for Angkor Sentinel 2010, during the Global Peace Operations Initiative July 12 through 23.

This is the fifth Global Peace Operations Initiative capstone exercise since 2006 and the first time such an event has been conducted in Cambodia. The exercise is co-sponsored by the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Pacific Command and aims to build the participants' capability, capacity, and effectiveness for planning and executing peace support operations.

"The main objective both here at the command post exercise and the field training exercise is that Cambodia builds a capacity to train its own people and also to bring people in from other neighboring countries to provide them with training in how to manage a U.N. headquarters, as well as, field operations," said Navy Capt. Erwin Hoo, co-director of the command post exercise.

In addition to learning valuable knowledge about operating together in a multinational environment, Hoo said the relationships the participants build during the exercise will help to strengthen them when they run into each other down range.

U.S. Pacific Command normally conducts one major Global Peace Operations Initiative exercise and one minor training event each year.