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U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa

Stuttgart, Germany

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Colonel James S. O'Meara, deputy commander, Marine Corps Forces, Europe/Africa sits in a brief given by Georgian soldiers assigned to the 12th and 32rd Georgian battalions during the Marine Rehearsal Exercise Distinguished Visitor day. During the course of the day the men and members of their staff, sat through briefs and toured the training area. The MRE is a culmination exercise for two Georgian Army battalions: the 12th and 32rd battalions will complete the MRE and will deploy to Afghanistan in support of the International Securtiy Assistance Force. - Colonel James S. O'Meara, deputy commander, Marine Corps Forces, Europe/Africa sits in a brief given by Georgian soldiers assigned to the 12th and 32rd Georgian battalions during the Marine Rehearsal Exercise Distinguished Visitor day. During the course of the day the men and members of their staff, sat through briefs and toured the training area. The MRE is a culmination exercise for two Georgian Army battalions: the 12th and 32rd battalions will complete the MRE and will deploy to Afghanistan in support of the International Securtiy Assistance Force.

Marine Forces Europe visits Georgian Army in Hohenfels

The original GDP-ISAF program was a two-year train and equip mission designed to prepare four Georgian infantry battalions in sequence for operations in Afghanistan with Regional Command Southwest - RC(SW). As of May 2011 the program is now GDP-ISAF II, a subsequent extension of the original program for training and deploying nine additional Georgian infantry battalions over three-years.

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