Almost 8,000 soldiers from six countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and United States of America) will participate over 3-24 June, in Multinational Exercise Saber Guardian 2019 (SG19), led by USAREUR and the Romanian Land Forces Staff, which will be conducted on Bulgarian, Romanian and Hungarian territory.

The main goal of SG19 is to emphasize cohesion, unity and solidarity of the partner and allied states with a view of defending themselves against any type of aggression, especially by a rapid mobilization and concentration of forces in a short time, anywhere in Europe.

The joint training activities planned to be executed during SG19 include staff tactical exercises and live firing exercises, forced river crossing , tactical deployment of 2nd US Cavalry Regiment from Germany to Romania, as well as specific medical activities.

In order to optimize the international joint training activities, SG19 was connected to a series of other national and multinational exercises, and brought together almost 13,500 soldiers from 14 allied and partner states (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germania, Great Britain, The Republic of Moldova, Holland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and USA), out of which 7,600 will represent the Romanian Armed Forces.

SG 19 and the connected exercises scheduled to be conducted on our country's territory will be mainly carried out in Cincu, Babadag, Smardan, Capu Midia, Boboc, Bordusani training ranges and areas.

For additional information with regard to the exercise, you can contact: Lt col Daniel Nistor 0737346976, relatiipublice.smap@mapn.ro, or access the link: http://defense.ro/sg19.

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Exercise Saber Guardian has been organized since 2013, being hosted on a rotational basis by Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine. Starting 2017, Saber Guardian became a biennale exercise. SG19 is included in the programme of the USAREUR joint training exercises programme, with a view of increasing interoperability at joint and multinational levels with the allied and partner states' armed forces.

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