to maintain mission readiness
Together, they are able to determine how to work together to best accomplish the mission. Mendoza also felt the day’s training went very well. “They [French soldiers] came into the CRC lane not aggressive at all, which is de?nitely what they should do because not all demonstrations start out aggressive,” Mendoza said. “The French demonstrated today their escalation of force and moving their escalation of force to a higher level. I was pretty impressed how they handled it.” For KFOR soldiers, maintaining their skills and building positive relationships with their multinational partners is key to a successful mission. Mendoza believed the day’s training helped towards strengthening those relationships. “We try to develop some kind of camaraderie with them,” Mendoza said. “Let them know that we are in the same ?ght. We like working with them. It’s a lot of fun.”
French soldiers move forward as one unit during crowd and riot control training at Camp Novo Selo July 22.
German soldiers create a mock riot to give French soldiers a realistic training environment during their crowd and riot control training.
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