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Defence, in June in Slovenia exercising 'Clever Ferret'

Committed 1,500 soldiers of MLF (Italy, Slovenia and Hungary)

23 April, 09:44
(ANSA) - UDINE - The Multinational Land Force (MLF), multinational unit based in Udine, concluded the 'Final coordination conference' in which were defined the basis on which will be conducted the exercising 'Clever Ferret 2014'. The exercise will be held in Slovenia from June 23 to July 5, and it will involve 1,500 soldiers from Italy, Slovenia and Hungary.The Command of the MLF will line up in Maribor, where it will coordinate the activities of the units that the three countries that make up the coalition will put under its command and that will be located in training areas scattered throughout the territory of Slovenia, from Postojna to Murska Sobota.Annually the staff of the Command MLF, largely taken from the organic Alpine Brigade Command 'Julia', reinforced by specialists in the Alpine troops Command of the Army and other departments as well as Slovenian and Hungarian staff, is trained in an exercise to test the ability of planning, refine the the management procedures of operations, increase the amalgam between international forces and assess their state of readiness.Born on April 18, 1998, the MLF is now an appropriate instrument to perform missions under the aegis of NATO, UN, EU and OSCE employing a light force to Brigade level in any part of the world. Given its characteristics, it has been repeatedly redeployed in Kosovo and Afghanistan. (ANSA).

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