Lightning to Immediate Response 2019

(To Army Majority State)
22/05/19

From 9 to 18 May 2019, the brigade thunderbolt took part in the multinational exercise "Immediate Response 2019 (IR 19)" held in the Air Base of Cerklje (Slovenia) and in the Military Training Area of ​​Slunj (Croatia).

The IR19 is the first, in chronological order, of three important training events to be held in the Balkan regions until the end of June with the training goal of consolidating the ability to provide a rapid and effective response to international needs, improving and increasing coordination, interoperability between armed forces of different nationalities and capacities Joint Forcible Entry following aviolancio.

Alongside the units of the Slovenian and Croatian armies and of the US 173rd Airborne Brigade, the Folgore brigade participated with a task force (a force composed of operative units with different but complementary specific tasks set up in order to carry out a specific mission) carried out by command structures brigade thunderbolt and by elements of different departments: 183 ° parachute regiment "Nembo", 8th genius regiment paratroopers "Folgore", 185 ° parachute artillery regiment "Folgore", 186 ° parachute regiment "Folgore" and from Savoy Cavalry paratroopers (3 °).

The peculiarity that characterized the conduct of this training event was the strong interaction between the various components: a training exploration platoon (183 °, 186 ° and 185 °) expressed its reconnaissance and acquisition capabilities together with a rate of Slovenian special forces.

The units of the 183 ° Nembo worked in synergy with the company "Chosen" of the 173rd Airborne Brigade while the Savoy Cavalry (3), reporting directly to the Polish unit, has been given the task of attacking and destroying targets by conducting an ad with an air-drop, at the training area of ​​Murska Sobota (Slovenia).

The final phase of the exercise took place in the area of ​​Slunj (Croatia), where this time the Italian paratrooper explorers supported the American units to facilitate the neutralization of the final objectives.

The extremely difficult weather conditions that have characterized the entire exercise and put the parts in the field to the test, allowing them to be able to train also the flexibility in the logistic field, as well as the qualities of resistance and determination of the paratroopers.