Combined Endeavor 2008 comes to a close

Story by U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Melissa Shaw, Combined Endeavor 2008 Public Affairs Inspecting the troops

BAUMHOLDER, Germany (May 14, 2008) - Combined Endeavor 2008 ended 14 days of communication interoperability testing with a closing ceremony today, also marking the end of 10 years the exercise has been held at Lager Aulenbach here.

Over the course of CE 08, 1,380 communication interoperability tests were conducted by 40 nations, NATO and the South East European Brigade, SEEBRIG.

CE 08 is where coalition nations test and practice a full range of communications, equipment, policies and procedures prior to deploying for NATO missions and emerging real world crisis.

Between 160 and 180 tests were conducted and documented daily, with each day beginning at 6:45 a.m. and running often until after 7 p.m.          

A total of 442 support personnel, the bulk of which belonged to the German Joint Support Service, and 1055 communications specialists participated.

CE 09 will be held at Kasara Barracks in Banja Luka, Bosnia Herzegovina, where the focus will shift to testing distributed across three or more test sites.

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