29.05.2016.

Two-sided tactical exercise at the Borovac training ground

Within the realization of Morava 2016 exercise, today, at the Borovac training ground near Bujanovac, a two-sided tactical exercise of a part of units of the Fourth Army Brigade and the Special Brigade was performed on the theme "Fight among units in the urban environment".

The exercise, aimed at verifying capabilities of commands for planning and command in operations, as well as the verification of readiness and training level of reaction forces, was attended by Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces General Ljubisa Dikovic and State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence Nenad Neric, with associates, members of the collegiums of the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff, as well as representatives of the local government.

Congratulating the lined-up participants on the successfully executed exercise, General Dikovic pointed out that our army has trained forces for the fight against terrorism.

- Today, when we talk about the dangers to the safety of people, the first is terrorism, even before accidents and natural disasters that can

cause serious damage and threaten the health and lives of people. As for terrorism, which has specific goals, such as causing great impact, primarily to civilians and innocent people to achieve their goals, you need to have ready forces to counter this "number one" danger in the world –General Dikovic pointed out, adding that the Serbian Armed Forces, according to its constitutional role, cooperates with the law enforcement forces in the fight against terrorism.

According to the commander of the Fourth Brigade, Brigadier General Zoran Lubura, it is a demonstration two-sided tactical exercise at a company level, using multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) and the contents of the exercise is significant and topical because of the expansion of terrorism in the region and in the world, the proximity of migrant routes, joint action of Army units in preventing terrorist activities and support to civil authorities in countering non-military challenges, risks and threats.

In today's practicing, led by Chief of Staff of the Fourth Brigade, Colonel Sladjan Stamenkovic, with a modern MILES integrated system, Orbiter UAV System Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), military police combat vehicles, mortars, Fagot antitank missile systems and other weaponry of infantry and special units were used.

During the activity, General Dikovic and State Secretary Neric with associates and members of the collegiums of the Minister of Defence and the Chief of General Staff, visited the Centre for Simulations at the Base South, where a part of the training for Morava 2016 participants was performed.

Today also, intensive activities of commands and units of the Serbian Armed Forces have continued at Morava 2016 exercise.

Deputy Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Jovica Draganic has stayed tonight at the main command post of the Serbian Armed Forces. General Draganic expressed his satisfaction with the organization of work at the command post and gave guidelines for the implementation of activities in the forthcoming period.

In addition to performing exercises on the Borovac training ground, members of the Fourth Brigade, practiced and performed counter-insurgency operations on Pester temporary training ground. Units of the First and Third Army Brigades, Special Brigade and River Flotilla continued with tactical practicing at training grounds and exercise areas.

Units of the Air Force and Air Defence were solving tasks within the joint tactical practice and in the Training Command, training of the reserve element has continued.