Albania

Work continues on multi-national Common Operating Picture at CE 08

U.S. Marines relay tracks on C2 systemsby U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Hill, Combined Endeavor 2008 Public Affairs

The idea to have a single digital display of relevant operational information shared by many nations and organizations in real time is becoming closer to reality this year at Combined Endeavor.

Traditionally, when coalition partners wanted to share their operating pictures with each other, doing so required installing a separate system requiring additional training and having yet another screen to monitor in the operations center.

Through the ever-increasing capabilities provided by the Multilateral Interoperability Programme, timely and accurate information on the positions of friendly and enemy troops, and the positions and status of important infrastructure such as bridges and roads can be made available to commanders, said Tony Mansfield, command, control, communications and computers system engineer at the Marine Corps Tactical System Support Activity at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.

"The aim is to achieve international interoperability of command and control information systems at all levels from corps to the lowest appropriate level, in order to support multinational, combined and joint operations and the advancement of digitisation in the international arena," he said.

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Combined Endeavor 2008 tests support coalition information sharing requirements

By U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nancy Harrity, U.S. European Command Public Affairs  Finnish Signal Officer of the Year

TIRANA, Albania – Military communications planners from more than 40 nations met this week to finalize plans for information assurance at Combined Endeavor 2008, a U.S. European Command sponsored, in the spirit of Partnership for Peace exercise to be held May 1-14. 

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Reconfiguring Telecommunications Router Information

German Army Seareant First Class Andreas Ehlers (front) and Albanian Civillian Mr. Juljan Korca reconfigure the telecommunications router information to ensure proper communications and connection during the testing phase of Exercise Combined Endeavor 2007, Lager Aulenbach, Baumholder, Germany. May 2, 2007.  Combined Endeavor 2007, a U.S. European Command-sponsored exercise, brings NATO, Partnership for Peace (PfP) and other nations together to plan and execute inter-operability testing of command, control, communications and computer systems from participant nations in preparation for future combined humanitarian, peacekeeping and disaster relief operations.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Nic Raven)(RELEASED).

Combined Endeavor 2008 Hosts

In cooperation with the German and Croatian Ministries of Defense, the U.S. European Command is sponsoring Combined Endeavor 2008.   The 2008 sites include:

• Main Operations Base at Lager Aulenbach in Baumholder, Germany
• Forward Operating Site at Lara Naval Base in Split, Croatia

This year's planning conferences were hosted by the following nations:

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