Immediate Response 2012
IR12 is a multinational tactical field training exercise that will involve more than 700 personnel primarily from the U.S. Army Europe’s 2nd Calvary Regiment and Croatian armed forces, with contingents from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia. Macedonia and Serbia will send observers to the exercise.
The exercise is a part of USEUCOM's joint training and exercise program designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability between the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Croatian Armed Forces and partner nations, and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment.
Soldiers from the Albanian Land Forces practice tactical drills as they conduct a movement to enemy contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, May 28, 2012.
A soldier from the Albanian Land Forces takes cover and prepares to return fire as his platoon conduct a movement to enemy contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Monday, May 28, 2012.
A soldier from the Albanian Land Forces takes cover and prepares to return fire as his platoon conduct a movement to enemy contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Monday, May 28, 2012.
Soldiers from the Albanian Land Forces practice tactical drills as they conduct a movement to enemy contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Monday, May 28, 2012.
A soldier from the Albanian Land Forces takes cover and prepares to return fire as his platoon conduct a movement to enemy contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Monday, May 28, 2012.
A soldier from the Albanian Land Forces takes cover and prepares to return fire as his platoon conduct a movement to enemy contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Monday, May 28, 2012.
Soldiers from the Albanian Land Forces move into position for an assault as they conduct a movement to enemy contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Monday, May 28, 2012.
Soldiers from the Albanian Land Forces find cover and prepare to return fire as they conduct a movement to enemy contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Monday, May 28, 2012.
Soldiers from the Albanian Land Forces dismount from a military vehicle as they prepare to conduct a movement to enemy contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Monday, May 28, 2012.