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FALL 2020
conferences , and Main Event List / Main Incident List ( MEL / MIL ) scripting Workshops ( WS ) prior to the conference . LANDCOM also contributed a total of eight personnel during the execution of the exercise itself . The total package from LANDCOM consisted of approximately 270 total days of support . scheduled to take place in 2022 , where LANDCOM will also be a key participant .
LANDCOM already supported earlier iterations of the NAGE exercises ( 2016 , 2019 ), primarily through G7 Training and Exercise branch ( TREX ), with training and mentoring support for exercise planning . For NAGE 19 , support included participation ( 10 staff officers ) for approximately 12 meetings , planning
Letter of Cooperation Prior to the closing ceremony of the second iteration of Exercise NAGE 19 on March 29 , 2019 , a Letter of Cooperation between the Ministry of Defence of Georgia , represented by Georgian Defence Forces ( GDF ), and LANDCOM was formally signed by U . S . Army Lieutenant General J . T . Thomson , LANDCOM Commander at the time , and Georgian Army Colonel Nikoloz Janjgava , First Deputy of Georgia Defence Forces ( GDF ). This document set the framework for future interaction between GDF and LANDCOM within the provisions of SACEUR ’ s Strategic Partnership Directive . As such , the focus of LANDCOM ’ s support to GDF has predominantly been through Mobile Training Teams ( MTTs ), as well as the NATO Operational Capabilities
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