The opening ceremony for Exercise Maple Arch 16 was held today at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center (IPSC) in Yavoriv, Ukraine.
Approximately 200 military personnel from Canada, Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania gathered on the parade square to mark the beginning of the exercise, the Canadian Forces noted in a news release.
The NATO’s Partnership for Peace exercise Maple Arch is a series of annual joint exercises that have been traditionally hosted on a rotational basis between Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, it added.
Exercise Maple Arch 16 is a 10-day command post exercise focused on combat, peacekeeping and stability operations, the news release …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen