Zagreb Daily Report - February 9, 2010

UNCLAS ZAGREB 000087 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL HR SUBJECT: Zagreb Daily Report - February 9, 2010 ¶1. (U) Chief of Training and Exercises of U.S. Army Europe in Zagreb: The Chief of Training and Exercises of the U.S. Army Europe was in Zagreb on February 3-5 to propose the concept of Exercise IMMEDIATE RESPONSE '11 for which Croatia would be the host nation. The exercise envisages a bilateral field training exercise with the Minnesota National Guard and a concurrent multinational command post exercise with Adriatic Charter members. Training will focus on topics relevant to ongoing operations in Afghanistan. The Croatians welcomed the proposal, as well as the idea that this could be the first in a series of large field exercises in Croatia extending over three fiscal years (2011-2013). ¶2. (U) Special Operations Command Europe and Croatian Air Force Hold Conference on Helo Training: Special Operations Command Europe and the Croatian Air Force held a Final Planning Conference on February 2-3 in Zadar for the upcoming Rotary Wing Training Event to be held at the nearby Zadar-Zemunik Air Base during March - May, 2010. The event will train Croatian and Hungarian helicopter crews in night vision goggle-assisted flight. The Croatian crews require the training for their ongoing deployment in KFOR, while the Hungarian crews are preparing for a deployment to ISAF. FOLEY