Armenian soldiers from Multinational Battle Group-East act as the Opposing Force for members of the European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo during the Silver Saber exercise at Camp Vrelo Oct. 16. Members from the Kosovo Police, EULEX and Kosovo Forces took part in the three-day exercise
to help improve coordination between the different security elements in Kosovo and to test their crowd and riot control capabilities. (Photo by U.S.
Army Capt. Randy Ready, 4th Public Affairs Detachment)
525 BfSB and multinational soldiers
test readiness at Silver Saber
Story by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cody Harding
4th Public Affairs Detachment
U
S. soldiers from Company
C, 1st Squadron, 38th
Cavalry Regiment quickly
unload their helicopters and
with shields and batons in hand, rush
towards their staging area.
Just up the road, members from the
Kosovo Police and the European Rule
of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX)
are attempting to calm a growing
group of demonstrators. The crowd
PG 6
is becoming increasingly violent and
EULEX’s capabilities to disperse the
crowd are quickly exceeded.
To help control the escalating situation,
EULEX requests assistance from
Kosovo Forces and the U.S. soldiers
waiting up the road quickly move
forward to conduct a relief-in-place
with their EULEX counterparts.
Thankfully, the demonstrators here
are simply role-players for a training
exercise called Silver Saber held at
Camp Vrelo Oct. 16. Members from
the Kosovo Police, EULEX and KFOR
took part in the three-day exercise
to help improve the coordination
between the different security
elements in Kosovo and to test their
crowd and riot control capabilities.
The soldiers from the 525th Battle?eld
Surveillance Brigade make up part of