On May 4, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) finished one more edition of the Military Experts on Mission Course (EPMP, acronym in Portuguese). The closing ceremony of the Course was held at the Honor Hall and chaired by Colonel Machado, CCOPAB’s Commander. Colonel Martorelli, from the General Inspectorate of the Military Police, and Colonel Menezes Melo, from the Land Operations Command, attended the event as well.
The Brazilian Site of the 2018 Viking Exercise was held in the facilities of the Planalto Military Command as well as in the Brazilian Army Headquarters, both in Brasília, between April 16 to 26.
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).
On April 10, a Lebanese delegation composed by Major General Piloto Bassan Yassine, commander of Fouad Chehab Command and Staff College, Major General Amin El Orm, Training Director of the Lebanese Armed Forces, and Major General Bilal Al Shawa, instructor, visited the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese). The aim of the visit was to facilitate future cooperation between the Brazilian and Lebanese Armed Forces.
On April 2, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) received the visit of the French Major General Philipe Boutinaud, Chief of the Office of Regional Affairs of the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS, acronym in French).
On March 16, Captain (Navy) Kevin Fleming, United Kingdom Military Defense Attaché Officer in Brazil, visited the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese). The purpose of the visit was to promote more exchange of information as well as to broaden the cooperation bonds between Brazil and the United Kingdom and go over the current challenges of peace missions.
