"Rapid Trident - 2011" in Ukraine. Poland and Serbia participate.

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Jul 26, 11, 01:02 #1

"Rapid Trident" is an annual international military training which takes place on Yavoriv military field, near Lviv (Ukraine).
This year it has:
Ukrainians: 745 soldiers and officers of the Ground troops (8th and 13th division)
US: 362
Moldova: 99
UK: 80
Serbia: 47
Poland: 35
Canada: 34
Belorus: 20
Total of 1400 soldiers and officers from various types of troops.
The training lasts 2 weeks (July25-August5) and involves jumping from Mi-8 helicopter, engineer-saper techniques applications. The optimal goal is organizing multi-national airmobile operations for better response in cases of necessity of different types.
Will there be greater amount of neighbors in the training the next year? Poland makes only 2.5%. What's up?!
Here is some outlook from the training of 30th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces (from 2008) (nice soundtrack):

By the way, the army top command behaves like as*-holes. The training seems too funny for them. What a bunch of lazy morons!

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,225 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Jul 26, 11, 01:09 #2
UK: 80 I bet you 500 Rubles that you dont see those guys faces on any promo videos ;) (nice soundtrack): I have no idea what the guy was singing,but yeah,I liked it :)

NathanThreads: 33 Posts: 1,846 Joined: Feb 13, 09 ♂	Jul 26, 11, 01:26 #3
I bet you 500 Rubles What is Rubles? you dont see those guys faces on any promo videos Why? Secrecy or something else? I have no idea what the guy was singing,but yeah,I liked it :) He sings that eventually everything is going to be all right. That's what you probably subconsciously caught and enjoyed it :)

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,225 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Edited by: isthatu2 Jul 26, 11, 01:34 #4
Why? Secrecy or something else? Probably from the "Secret Armed Squirells" ;) Either that or nut jobs from 3 para!!!! Lock up your daughters and whatever you do,dont play any drinking games with them................. Yes, I probably did pick up the positive vibes from the song :) Oh,and Rubles..........theyre a cheap alternative to replacement Monopoly money from Waddingtons :)

NathanThreads: 33 Posts: 1,846 Joined: Feb 13, 09 ♂	Edited by: Nathan Jul 26, 11, 01:40 #5
Look up your daughters and whatever you do,dont play any drinking games with them Isthatu, are you Ok? Our soldiers cut balls off any foreign soldier who decides to grab something else besides the gun. Does the UK send freaks for the training? Oh,and Rubles..........theyre a cheap alternative to replacement Monopoly money from Waddingtons :) That's what I thought. Thanks.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Jul 26, 11, 20:45 #6
Serbia got an invite this time? I think it was to make up for the fact that they didn't get their place in Wipeout ;) ;) Ukraine, Poland, The Czech Republic and Belarus there. Jumping out of helicopters sounds like great fun :) :)

TorqThreads: 65 Posts: 4,024 Joined: Apr 10, 09 MEMBER ♂	Jul 26, 11, 20:46 #7
Great to see Polish and Ukrainian soldiers training together.

In WarsawThreads: 2 Posts: 90 Joined: Mar 7, 11 ♂	Jul 26, 11, 20:48 #8
Great to see Polish and Ukrainian soldiers training together. Are they mounted troops?

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Jul 26, 11, 20:50 #9
What kind of operation do you think this is, In Warsaw? It shouldn't be overly friendly, you know!? ;)

RobertLeeThreads: 12 Posts: 133 Joined: May 26, 11 ♂	Edited by: Moderator Jul 26, 11, 21:24 #10
Will there be greater amount of neighbors in the training the next year? Poland makes only 2.5%. What's up?! What's the point if you are inviting so many countries with conflicting interests?

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Jul 26, 11, 21:35 #11
Ah, but are they conflicting? Do Russian and Chinese interests conflict? Yes, esp over territorial issues. However, they are together in the Shanghai Group. Don't look too deep into it.

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Jul 26, 11, 23:19 #12

Jumping out of helicopters sounds like great fun :) :)

For helicopter ;)

Are they mounted troops?

No, they are mounting troops. And instead of horses, there are enemies :)

What's the point if you are inviting so many countries with conflicting interests?

What conflict of interests? It is an international training, not a political debate or diplomatic confrontation. These soldiers are there to serve their country, not like the morons in the parliaments and governments who fume the hatred just to fill their pockets.

Don't look too deep into it.

It's the opposite: shallow thinking.

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06 ♂	Jul 26, 11, 23:30 #13
Poland: 35 Give me a break, unless they make it up to a 1000 level It's for koonts. Chase out foreign koonts and make it serious, I tell you. Then we can start a serious cooperations.

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Jul 26, 11, 23:56 #14

Nathan

Will there be greater amount of neighbors in the training the next year? Poland makes only 2.5%. What's up?!

Poland is now best buddies with Russia and Germany (at least Donald Tusk wants us to believe so - so we need to keep up the appartions) - and you must be pretty aware of the fact that Russia does not want a Ukraine completely on her own (and Germany will comply to Russian policies for the economical gains)

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Jul 26, 11, 23:59 #15
I wonder to what extent they want to antagonise Russia. Ukraine in NATO would ruffle their feathers but the Russians have the Sevastopol contract extended. Surely that was one of their main foreign policy objectives. Serbia and Poland conducting joint operations is clearly not to undermine them.

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Jul 28, 11, 19:46 #16

173rd Airborne BCT Soldiers jump into Ukraine with paratroopers from 5 nations

YAVORIV, Ukraine (July 28, 2011) -- More than 200 paratroopers completed the first multi-national airborne operation of Exercise Rapid Trident 11 at the International Peacekeeping and Security center here, July 26.

The U.S. Paratroopers of Battle Co., 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, U.S. Army Europe were joined by soldiers from Ukraine, the U.K., Moldova, Poland and Canada.
For many of the Battle Co. Soldiers, it was the first time jumping alongside partner nations as well as their first time having a foreign -- in this case Polish -- jumpmaster.
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http://www.army.mil/article/62401/173rd_Airborne_BCT_Soldiers_jump_int o_Ukraine_with_paratroopers_from_5_nations/

sobieskiThreads: 82 Posts: 1,143 Joined: Jun 1, 08 ♂	Jul 28, 11, 20:25 #17
Is there any serious media who contributed any space to this?

boletusThreads: 47 Posts: 1,095 Joined: Apr 13, 11 ♂	Jul 29, 11, 03:33 #18
^^ Elaborate?

SashaThreads: 2 Posts: 1,597 Joined: Apr 19, 08 ♂	Jul 29, 11, 06:49 #19
"Rapid Trident" is an annual international military training which takes place on Yavoriv military field, near Lviv (Ukraine). Why are the Russian not invited?

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Jul 29, 11, 08:26 #20
You'll find out ;) ;) Just kidding! Would Russia want to participate?

CrowThreads: 367 Posts: 7,316 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Edited by: Crow Jul 29, 11, 23:58 #21
US: 362 Moldova: 99 UK: 80 Serbia: 47 Poland: 35 Canada: 34 Belorus: 20 47 Serbians? quite enough to deal with those 362 Americans and 34 Canadians. If we take in consideration total number of Slavs here, that is more then enough. It is good for soul when one practice with his mortal enemies. Slavija shall prevail.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Jul 30, 11, 00:04 #22
Belorus: 20 That's interesting, isn't it? By the way, the army top command behaves like as*-holes. Nothing new for Poland, I'm afraid.

CrowThreads: 367 Posts: 7,316 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Jul 30, 11, 00:12 #23
Nothing new for Poland, I'm afraid. don`t be pessimist. Those are just these times.

CrowThreads: 367 Posts: 7,316 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Jul 30, 11, 00:34 #24
Nathan Nathane brate. Something for you. God bless Ukraine! God bless all the Slavs!

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Edited by: Crow Nov 9, 11, 16:45 #25

as i heard today, these days Serbian president travel to Ukraine. Let us hope that he may suggest some interesting ideas to the Ukrainian president.... eventually about Ukrainian military (no to NATO) neutrality and about Polish-Ukrainian-Serbian, Slavic triangle- from Baltic to the Black see and Balkan.

Ukrainian Peacekeepers in Kosovo (UKRPOLBAT)

Thanks to Ukraine for helping Poland to avoid Polish obligations to NATO on Kosovo and Poland avoided to take part in recent NATO violence on Serbians. UKPOLBAT is good for Poland

Slava!

CrowThreads: 367 Posts: 7,316 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Dec 21, 11, 22:16 #26
Let us turn to the future... Poles, Ukrainians and Serbians already coordinate. Collapse of EU and NATO won`t surprise us Polish, Serbian and Ukranian Forces Train During Rapid Trident 2011

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Dec 21, 11, 22:26 #27
I think you meant UKRPOLBAT, Crow. UKPOLBAT would not be such good news for Poles.

CrowThreads: 367 Posts: 7,316 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Edited by: Crow Dec 21, 11, 22:34 #28
Seanus: I think you meant UKRPOLBAT, Crow. UKPOLBAT would not be such good news for Poles. alright. Thanks for correcting me

CrowThreads: 367 Posts: 7,316 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Edited by: Crow Dec 21, 11, 22:43 #29
Maneuverings in Belorussia http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=e9jhXQ8ko80&NR=1

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