CCOPAB starts the 3rd phase of the Military Experts on Mission Course
From April 9 to 20, the third phase of the Military Experts on Mission Course reached two weeks of duration at the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese). The Course, which lasts four weeks, aims at preparing military and police personnel who will be deployed as Staff Officers, Military Observers (MilObs) and UNPOL (United Nations Police).
Officers of the Armed Forces and of the Military Police attend the Course. It is worth to point out the participation of female personnel as attendees as well, such as: Major Renata de Castro Monteiro Netto and Major Luciana de Paiva, both from the Brazilian Army; Captain Jeane de Aquino A. dos Santos and Captain Carla Dolores Barreto Gama da Silva, from the Brazilian Air Force. The preparation of female military personnel is in compliance with the order established by the Ministry of Defense, which states the importance to augment the number of female participation in peace operations, according to what the United Nations defines.
TRANSLATION: CPT CAMILA PAIVA
