2012

30 Mar 2012
NEJRAB, KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Graduation is a time for celebration and pride in one's accomplishments, but most of all, it signifies graduates are ready to put their knowledge to practical use. For the graduates of the Nejrab Afghan Local Police Department, knowledge gained from the Criminal Investigation and Detention Course will help Afghan security forces continue to take the lead in security operations.

30 Mar 2012
CAMP MIKE SPANN, Balkh Province, Afghanistan – Afghan culture is based primarily on trust. To build an effective partnership with the people in Afghanistan is to earn their trust. The same can be said about working with explosives, as the team relies on an enormous amount of trust.

30 Mar 2012
Members of Parliament and policy makers from seven European Nations visited NATO Allied Joint Force Command Headquarters (JFC HQ) Brunssum to receive updates on International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) campaign progress, 29 March.

29 Mar 2012
GHOR, Afghanistan — Lithuania's top commander visited Lithuanian soldiers and Ghor Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chagcharan, Afghanistan, March 22.

29 Mar 2012
Šiauliai, 29 March 12 – The eleventh sequel of the Baltic Region Training Event (BRTE XI) was completed on 28 March when all assets involved in the event were safely back at their home bases.

29 Mar 2012
Oeiras, 27 March 2012 (MY). Tuesday Rear Admiral Michael Mollenhauer, the acting Commander-in-Chief German Fleet, visited JFC Lisbon. The Commander, Lieutenant General Philippe Stoltz, received him in his office. The aim of the visit was to have information about the current tasks and prospects for the near future of JFC Lisbon.

28 Mar 2012
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – More than 300 Afghan Border and Uniformed Police officers graduated from the basic training course March 14 at Training Support Site Kostel in a ceremony, officially making them members of the Afghan National Security Forces.

28 Mar 2012
NATO and Russia agree that countering piracy is a common security challenge and have agreed to explore ways to strengthen cooperation in this area under the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Work Programme for 2012.

28 Mar 2012
FARYAB PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Local Afghan citizens saw the Afghan National Army 1st/209th Route Clearance Company (RCC) clearing routes for the Afghan National Police (ANP) and Norwegian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT)-Meymaneh for the first time outside the city of Meymaneh.

27 Mar 2012
NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in cooperation with its partners is conducting an international cyber defence exercise from 26th to 28th of March. The goal of the exercise is to support the Multinational Experiment 7, train IT specialist and legal experts, and learn from the activities of the teams.

27 Mar 2012
Oeiras, 26 Mar 2012 (MY). Monday, a Memorandum of Understanding between Allied Joint Force Command Lisbon (JFC Lisbon) and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) was signed.

27 Mar 2012
KABUL – More than 60 new lieutenants recently began the second Afghan Public Protection Force train-the-trainer course at the APPF Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul.