Ιt is announced that a Greek-Turkish, Natural Disasters Relief exercise will be conducted from 06 to 10 November 2006. The exercise will be hosted by Turkey, at the Civil Protection Unit, based in Ankara.
Greece will participate with a fifteen-member team of the Disaster Relief Mobile Unit (KOMAK) of the Hellenic Air Force, which will land in Ankara on a C-130 aircraft, on November 6th, 2006.
The purpose of the exercise is to exchange experience, through co-training, on issues concerning the relief provided during natural disasters, the upgrading and standardization of procedures and techniques issues as well as the upgrading of the operational capability, in the context of common activity of the Armed Forces’ Disaster Relief Units of both countries.
Emmanuel Velonias
Captain, HN
HNDGS Spokesman