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U.S., Bulgarian, Romanian Soldiers train, build relationships during 'Immediate Response 2006'

June 29, 2006

WIESBADEN, Germany (Army News Service, June 29, 2006) – A tri-lateral training exercise dubbed Immediate Response 2006 will join approximately 800 Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division, U.S. Air Force Europe’s 492nd Fighter Squadron, U.S. European Command, Bulgarian and Romanian military forces in Bulgarian and Romanian training areas July 17-31.

Soldiers will conduct weapons familiarization live-fires, Military Operations in Urban Terrain, air assault operations and cross border convoy maneuvers.

The peacetime-engagement exercise supports the U.S. Army Europe’s Theater Engagement Program by increasing NATO interoperability.

“Training in our NATO forces maneuver areas provides our military units the opportunity to develop teamwork and improve the expeditionary capability needed to fight and win on today’s battlefield,” said Col. James Shumway, 1st Armored Division’s Engineer Brigade commander and exercise director for IR06.

The exercise will kick off with an opening ceremony at the Nova Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. Training events outside of Novo Selo will include a long-range overnight road convoy crossing borders, an air assault mission into Romania, and cultural activities to enhance the understanding of one another’s cultures.

(Editor’s note: Provided by the 1st Armored Division Public Affairs Office.)