Kuwait Army launches drills at Fort Carson, Colorado

KUWAIT, March 7 (KUNA) -- The military exercises (Eagle Resolve 2022) were launched at the (Fort Carson) base in the US state of Colorado, under the guidance of Kuwait Army, with participation of GCC States, USA and friendly countries, and will continue for 14 days.
In a statement, Kuwait Defense Ministry said on Monday, that commanders and officers from various sectors of the Kuwaiti Army and the National Guard, a number of officers of the armed forces of the GCC countries, the US and some civil and security institutions from friendly countries are participating in the drill.
On his part, Commander of the Joint Duty Force of the exercise (Eagles Resolve 2022) Brigadier General Mubarak Al-Zoubi said that the exercise aims to strengthen the armed forces and exchange experiences in crises management and disasters, as well as confronting current and future challenges.
It will unify field planning and implementation of participating units at all levels in the environment of non-military operations, he continued.
Brig. Gen. Al-Zoubi highlighted the development of the coordination and cooperation level between ministries, institutions and government departments in crisis management. He explained how they are supporting the military and security operations, raising combat readiness to confront challenges and threats at the local and regional levels, and strengthening defense cooperation between brotherly and friendly countries.
He stated that the commanding and implementation of the exercise will be carried out through major command centers run by officers from the Kuwaiti army in cooperation with the participants from the Kuwaiti National Guard.
He indicated that the exercise was prepared in the State of Kuwait and will be implemented in the United States of America in several stages, namely on how to operate planning procedures, and exercising of command centers and crisis management.
The exercise (Eagle Resolve 2022) is the fifteenth edition of the series of exercises which began in 1999 in the Kingdom of Bahrain.(end) ak.nhq