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What started in 2009 as a two-year program to help Georgia’s military train, deploy and support the NATO mission in Afghanistan has been so successful, the president of the Republic of Georgia made an offer to extend the program with two-battalion rotations through 2014.

Through the Georgia Deployment Program, coordinated by US Marine Forces Europe, the Georgian military has trained with U.S. forces to support the international Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and serve alongside U.S. forces and other partner nations in Afghanistan.

The Georgia Deployment Program was piloted as a two-year training program consisting of four six-month rotations to train Georgian infantry in counter-insurgency tactics, techniques and procedures and prepare for deployment. The phases are designed to support training at all levels, from basic first aid to the more advanced, battalion staff-level planning process. At the end of the six month train-up, culminating with an exercise at the Joint Multi-national Training Center in Hohenfels, Germany, the Georgian infantry battalions are ready to be integrated with U.S. forces to conduct operations in Afghanistan’s counterinsurgency environment.

Georgia's offer to serve alongside NATO and ISAF partners has and will continue to be a vital contribution to the mission of bringing peace and security to Afghanistan and strengthening NATO’s collective defense. Ninety percent of the nations supporting ISAF are from within EUCOM’s area of focus, and without this collective defense, nations are unable to focus properly on global security challenges.

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  • July 25, 2011

    Side by Side: Reserve Marines and Georgian soldiers train together

    Marines from Anti-Terrorism Battalion based in Rochester, N.Y., and Black Sea Rotational Force 11, along with soldiers from the Georgian 4th Infantry Brigade practiced Military Operations in an Urban Terrain (MOUT) here during Exercise Agile Spirit 2011.
  • July 20, 2011

    Reserve and BSRF-11 Marines Train Georgians for the Fight

    U.S. Marines, standing alongside Georgian soldiers, officially kicked-off Exercise Agile Spirit 2011, a two-week combined forces counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations training exercise on the historic base of Vaziani, a former Russian airfield outside of Tblisi on July 18.
  • February 25, 2011

    U.S. Marines observe, train Georgia’s 33rd Light Infantry Battlion during Georgia Deployment Program

    In August 2009, the Republic of Georgia joined forces with International Security Assistance Forces and ramped up a battalion of soldiers to aid the fight in Afghanistan. This marked the start of the Georgia Deployment Program. The first unit was the 31st Light Infantry Battalion, 32nd is serving in Helmand Province now and the 33rd is preparing to replace them.
  • February 18, 2011

    Georgian Battalion kicks off mission rehearsal exercise, continues ISAF support

    The Republic of Georgia’s 33rd Light Infantry Battalion arrived at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center here recently from Georgia to begin a month long training evolution that will serve as a final mission rehearsal prior to their upcoming deployment in support of International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan.
  • July 17, 2010

    Sea Breeze land component prepares for final exercise

    SHIROKY LAN, Ukraine—More than 240 multinational service members participated in a land based exercise on Shiroky Lan training field July 17, as part of exercise Sea Breeze 2010.
  • April 12, 2010

    Commander, Marine Forces Command visits Republic of Georgia to see off the historic deployment of the 31st Light Infantry Battalion

    TBILISI, Georgia — Lt. Gen. Richard F. Natonski, commander of Marine Forces Command, Brig. Gen. Paul W. Brier, commander of Marine Forces Europe and Marine Forces Africa, and senior leadership from Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group recently traveled here to participate
  • February 16, 2010

    Combat Comm provides vital "link" to Marines in Republic of Georgia

    KRTSANISI NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, Republic of Georgia -- A small detachment of Ramstein Airmen camp out in the foothills of Georgia's Caucasus Mountains, enclosed by snow capped peaks and kept company by stray dogs and roaming cattle. But what may sound like a wintertime camping excursion or a ski trip possibly gone awry, is actually a highly technical mission that involves providing a top-notch service to fellow warfighters.
  • January 21, 2010

    Georgian's 31st Battalion arrives in Hohenfels for Afghan pre-deployment exercise

    HOHENFELS, Germany -- The Republic of Georgia Army's 31st Light Infantry Battalion arrived at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) here to begin a two-week training evolution that will serve as a final mission evaluation for their upcoming deployment in support of International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
  • January 20, 2010

    Georgians work through the sticks during Afghan ISAF mission prep exercise

    HOHENFELS, Germany -- As a crowd of civilians gathers on the streets of their village carrying about their normal business of selling things, talking to friends, and shoveling the snow from their door steps a company of soldiers from the Republic of Georgia's 31st Light Infantry Battalion move in to investigate a rumored weapons cache and possible high-value-target (HVT) individual.
  • September 30, 2009

    Victory through partnership - U.S. military visits Georgian orphanage

    MARTKOPI, Georgia - U.S. service members here, who are part of the Georgia Deployment Program in support of International Security Assistance Forces, partnered with Georgian soldiers and volunteered their free time refurbishing an orphanage for the disabled here, Sept. 27 as part of an ongoing effort to provide aid and to help make a difference in the local community they serve.

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  • February 11, 2010

    Republic of Georgia trains with US Marines

    The Republic of Georgia is going to deploy four battalions to Afghanistan over the next two years. To prepare the units, Marine Corps Forces Europe and the Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group stood up the Georgia Deployment Program, or the GPD. The first of these four battalions recently traveled to Hohenfels, Germany, to put the skills they've learned to the test. Sgt Rocco DeFilippis has the story.
  • December 3, 2009

    Marines Train Georgians

    In order to prepare troops from the Republic of Georgia for their upcoming deployments to Afghanistan, Marine Corps Forces Europe and Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group stood up the Georgia Deployment Program.