The first Journalist in Conflict Areas Course in 2014 started this Monday afternoon at the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Course (CCOPAB).
The opening of the course was held by Major General Otávio Santana do Rêgo Barros who spoke to an audience of 30 journalists from different types of media from several regions of Brazil.
On July 10th, CCOPAB received the visit of the Project Manager of Frontier Monitoring and Cybernetics Defense Integrated System, Lieutenant General João Roberto de Oliveira, from the Army Projects Office. The purpose of the visit was to know the practices of CCOPAB when performing joint activities involving military personnel from the Brazilian Navy, Army and Air Force in the preparation of military contingents for peace missions, focusing on potential contributions for the planning of the creation of the future Cybernetics Defense Command, which is idealized to act in a joint manner as well.
On June 26, the new privates went on a guided tour to the Monument to the Dead of World War II and to Fort Copacabana.
French Defense and Naval Attaché, Captain Yannick Rest, congratulated CCOPAB for its 4th creation anniversary in the month of June:
On June 11, 2014, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB) received Major General Joarez Alves Pereira Junior, Chief of International Affairs of the Army General Staff.
MG Joarez's objective was to know CCOPAB's structure better, having a closer view of its possibilities and necessities in the accomplishment of its mission.
In the morning of June 10, continuing the celebrations related to its 4th Anniversary of Creation, the Brazilian Peace Operation Joint Training Center (CCOPAB) carried out a seminar on: "Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping Operations". Different representatives of the society, besides CCOPAB and other units' military personnel, were present at the event.
