Itaipava (RJ) - On 14 July, CCOPAB officially started the course on Protection of Civilians - an international event which is to last until 16 July. The opening ceremony was chaired by MG (Air Force) Tarcisio Aquino Brito Veloso, Underchief of Peace Operations from the Ministry of Defense.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - On July 7, 2015, the Land Operations Commander, General Araken de Albuquerque, visited the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB). The purpose of the visit was to know the work developed by CCOPAB. The Airborne Brigade Commander, Major General William Georges Felippe Abrahão, and the 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade (School) Commander, Major General Jorge Antônio Smicelato, accompanied the visit.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – On the Friday morning of July 03, there was the end of the 2015 Media Advisor and Journalist in Conflict Areas Course at the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB).
From June 07 to 14, the Assessment Team composed of officers from the Ministry of Defense, Navy Staff, Naval Operations Command, Admiral Marques de Leão Training Center (CAAML - acronym in Portuguese), 1st Helicopter Squadron of Reconnaissance and Attack (EsqdHA - acronym in Portuguese) and Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center visited Frigate União and Ocean Patrol Vessel (NaPaOc) Apa docked in the port of Beirute. They also visited the Maritime Task Force in UNIFIL and took part of the Handover Ceremony of the flagship, from NaPaOc Apa to Frigate União. The aim of the visit was to check the operational, logistic, administrative environments and the security in UNIFIL's area of operations.
On June 23, continuing the activities that celebrate CCOPAB's fifth anniversary, the Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) gave a lecture on "Protection of Civilians in a Robust Peacekeeping Context" in the Sérgio Vieira de Mello Cultural Facility.
On June 22, 2015, a delegation from Zimbabwe, headed by the Commander of the Zimbabwean National Defense College, Air Vice Marshal Michael Tedzani Moyo, visited the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB). The purpose of the visit was to see CCOPAB's possibilities and to strengthen friendship ties, as part of the curriculum of the High Studies Course in Zimbabwe.
