Release Date: Jul 31, 2008 By Army Capt. Bryan Woods VAZIANI TRAINING AREA, Georgia — Military personnel from Georgia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the United States stood together here at the closing ceremony for this year's Immediate Response exercise.
At the closing ceremony, Army Brig. Gen. William B. Garrett III, exercise director for Immediate Response stated, "I am very pleased to report that all exercise objectives have been met."
Garrett highlighted the hundreds of live-fire and situational training exercises; combat lifesaver classes; Improvised Explosive Device training; and the computer-based command post exercise to train the Georgian 4th Infantry brigade staff, as some of the objectives.