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COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2009 (CE 09) is an annual, United States European Command (USEUCOM) – sponsored, “in the spirit of” Partnership for Peace (PfP) Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) integration and interoperability exercise. As a tradition, SEEBRIG participated in CE 09 between 04-17 September 2009 at Kozara Barracks in Banja Luka / Bosnia Herzegovina.
CE 09 achieved interoperability between North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), multinational organizations and PfP military C4 equipment – developing operational joint multinational networks. It accomplished this by building a large cadre of nations, then operationally testing, documenting and exercising technical and procedural solutions.
SEEBRIG started to participate in this exercise from 2004 and during these years got more experience and build a strong connection with CE family. SEEBRIG had been represented with G6 Frequency Management Officer (FMO) as a Delegation Chief and personnel from Signal Company (SIG COY). The total number of the personnel from SEEBRIG was 7 (seven). Also the SEEBRIG equipments, consists of Command post vehicle, telephone switch, servers and radios were deployed and demonstrated his capabilities and interoperability with other nations. Moreover, SEEBRIG succeed to increase its visibility.
COMBINED ENDEAVOR improves partner nation’s ability to conduct stability, security, transition and reconstruction operations. Emphasis is on testing widely accepted NATO and commercial standards, where nations and organizations learning from one another in open exercise environment and gain wide exposure to interoperable tactics, techniques and procedures. CE helps prepare nations and organizations to rapidly project expeditionary forces that are prepared for joint, combined and multinational operations.
The first focus of CE is interoperability testing of tactical Communication and Information System (CIS) equipment for both NATO and commercial standards. The second focus is to develop tactics techniques and procedures for integrating national and multinational assets into an effective network architecture that facilitates command and control of a coalition communication network.
Currently the event involves 41 nations and 2 multinational organizations (NATO and SEEBRIG). Over the years CE products and experience have been used to develop operational networks supporting coalition and multinational forces in military actions in Afghanistan, Iraq and many places. As a result of participation many national and multinational organizations as SEEBRIG have modernized their CIS equipment, reducing the technology gap between potential partners.
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