Pre-deployment advanced maritime exercise in the Ocean Patrol Vessel Apa
From 26 March to 10 April, the pre-deployment advanced maritime exercise was carried out in the Ocean Patrol Vessel (NaPaOc, acronym in Portuguese) Apa - a ship designated to be the flagship of the Maritime Task Force in UNIFIL.
Several instructions and lectures were given on the ship by Lieutenant Commander Marcelo, CCOPAB instructor. Operational activities, Damage control exercises in different levels, shooting exercises, and maritime interdiction operations (MIO) with no approach or having a cooperative approach were carried out.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - On the morning of 13 April, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB) started the UN pre-deployment advanced field exercise (EAOP, acronym in Portuguese) to prepare the troops of the Brazilian Battalion (BRABAT) as part of the 22nd Brazilian contingent in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. MG Henrique Martins Nolasco Sobrinho, Commander of the 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade and coordinator of the battalion preparation, was present at the opening ceremony.
On 31 October 2014, the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, established a High-Level Independent Panel on UN Peace Operations, which will make a comprehensive assessment of the state of UN peace operations today, and the emerging needs of the future.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - From 09 to 13 March, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) carried out the first 2015 edition of the Civil-Military Coordination Course.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - On the morning of 12 March, the Assistant Secretary of Mairiporã for institutional relations, Mr. Cleriston Valle, the Special Projects Assistant, Mr. Eduardo Luz, the Secretary for Tourism, Mr. Fernando Rachas Ribeiro and the Music Producer, Mr, Celso Diniz, accompanied by Col Pedro Aurélio de Pessôa, former CCOPAB commander (2009-2011), visited Sergio Vieira de Mello Cultural Facility.