The most important activity of this day was the Drill of Post of Command. On that occasion Commanders of BRABAT 1 and 2, of the Engineering Company and of the Marines Company and their respective staff officers were assigned the integrated planning of a massive operation.
On August 07, 2012, in continuation to the Preparatory Course for Commanders and Staff Officers (acronym in Portuguese: EPCOEM 2012), the apprentices had theoretical classes and some practice concerning several topics: the relationship between military and civilian personnel especially in MINUSTAH, HNP and UNPOL in Haiti, the need to break language barriers, and contact with the media...
On August 06, 2012, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (acronym in Portuguese: CCOPAB) started the Preparatory Course for Commanders and Staff Officers (acronym in Portuguese: EPCOEM) for those officers who will members of the 17th Brazilian Contingent in Haiti.
The first day of lectures counted on the presence of Mr. Jackson Bien-Aimé, a representative of the Haitian Embassy in Brazil, who talked about the importance of the Brazilian participation in the United Nations Mission for the Stabilization in Haiti (acronym according to the UN: MINUSTAH).
The 27th of July was the last day of the Preparatory Course for Journalists in Conflict Areas 2012/2. After a whole week of intense theoretical and practical activities, all media professionals made videos concerning the course and presented them to the other classmates in the morning of that day. After that, CCOPAB held the closing ceremony which was presided by COL Baganha, the Center's Commander
The activities of this day started with the presentation by Promoter Najla of the Brazilian Military Prosecutor. She talked about the following topics: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. Still as part of the morning activities, the journalists went to the Graduation and Development Center for Soldiers of the Military Police of the State of Rio in order to participate in progression training in risky areas. After that, the journalists had operational rations for lunch supplied by the Brazilian Army.
The journalists started the third day of the course with practical activities at the Center of Specialized Instruction of the Military Firefighters. The classes dealt with topics such as Mines, Probable mined areas and procedures concerning this case, and demining. The journalists considered it a very exciting experience. They also entered a chamber of tear gas where they could experience the effects and the range chemical war may have. At the end of that day, the journalists had known the facilities of that Center of the Military Firefighters and had been introduced to first aid procedures and basic firefighting procedures.
