In August, the Exersise Jackal Stone 2016 will be conducted with the participation of Georgian and USA sides. From USA and Georgia approximately 700 people from militaries and civilian groups will take part in the Jackal Stone 2016, the State Security informs.
The participants will share experience in tactical and theory knowledge of military and counterterrorist operations. The counterterrorist operations scenarios will be used at the trainings. The trainings are aimed for coping with the security challenges, that nowadays many states are facing.
Jackal Stone is coordinated by the United States through Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) and is primarily a partnership building exercise. Its objective is to provide special operations forces the opportunity to train together and build mutual respect amongst each other while sharing doctrinal concepts, training concepts and various tactics, techniques and procedures.
Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister welcomes this initiative and arrival of USA military coordinators to Georgia. "This trainings are for mutually beneficial cooperation between USA and Georgia and will support a peace and stability for achieving our mutual aims, " - he tells. We need to cope with the possible dangers in a security sphere, he added.