>The joint drills with servicemen from the US Army Europe and Africa and the Kansas National Guard began in Armenia on Tuesday and will last until July 24, Yerevan’s defence ministry said.
>The exercises, dubbed Eagle Partner 2024, “will focus on stabilization tasks between conflicting parties during a peacekeeping mission”, it said earlier.
>“The purpose of the exercise is to enhance the interoperability of units participating in international peacekeeping missions, exchange best practices in control and tactical communication, and improve the readiness of the Armenian unit.”
>The drills in Armenia came shortly after the US Department of Defence said it would “indefinitely postpone” annual joint exercises in Yerevan’s neighbour Georgia.
>**The move followed the US Department of State’s decision to conduct a “comprehensive review of the United States-Georgia bilateral relationship”** over Tbilisi’s perceived democratic backsliding and anti-Western rhetoric.
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>The joint drills with servicemen from the US Army Europe and Africa and the Kansas National Guard began in Armenia on Tuesday and will last until July 24, Yerevan’s defence ministry said.
>The exercises, dubbed Eagle Partner 2024, “will focus on stabilization tasks between conflicting parties during a peacekeeping mission”, it said earlier.
>“The purpose of the exercise is to enhance the interoperability of units participating in international peacekeeping missions, exchange best practices in control and tactical communication, and improve the readiness of the Armenian unit.”
>The drills in Armenia came shortly after the US Department of Defence said it would “indefinitely postpone” annual joint exercises in Yerevan’s neighbour Georgia.
>**The move followed the US Department of State’s decision to conduct a “comprehensive review of the United States-Georgia bilateral relationship”** over Tbilisi’s perceived democratic backsliding and anti-Western rhetoric.
On the Eagle Partner 2024 program:
https://www.europeafrica.army.mil/ArticleViewPressRelease/Article/3819581/exercise-eagle-partner-24-to-begin-mid-july/
Images of American soldiers and their armored military vehicles:
https://x.com/usarmyeuraf/status/1812793004127601010?s=61
Images of Armenian soldiers and video:
https://x.com/thescarmind/status/1812815660264689742?s=61
Note: The Armenian soldiers are apparently wearing Tonbo imaging Thermal monocular devices which he have bought from India
https://x.com/hovhannaz/status/1812836677691359389?s=61
Someone also noticed that there might be an armored ambulance (which was promised to Armenia by the US) behind the pictures.
TO ADD:
Apparently the US used Turkish airspace to transport its troops and cargo to Armenia.