Intermediate Mountain Training Winter Course Launches
Intermediate Mountain Training Winter Course launches in Sachkhere Mountain Training School. The exercise conducts within the frames of NATO Partnership for Peace Programme (PfP) will continue up to February 10.14 military servicemen of NATO member and partner countries are engaged in the course. Together with the Georgian military, the servicemen from NATO member and partner countries - France, Lithuania and Armenia are taking part in it.
The trainings were planned in two phases. At the first stage the military will improve the skills of shooting from service guns across the mountain terrain at Orfolo firing ground. During the second phase, they will leave for Gudauri where they have to move in snow with skis, to arrange snow shelters, to search and evacuate the people affected by avalanche.
Sachkhere Mountain Training School instructors are supervising the progress of the winter course. Performance of the military servicemen is evaluated by scores. After finishing the course, they will receive certificates and badges.