In order to train the NATO members, a delegation of military engineers from Colombia will travel to Europe, to transfer the knowledge acquired in the fight against mines.
Currently, Colombia, as the first global partner in Latin America and a partner across the world of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, has differential military resources for defense, a high interest condition for other countries in the world.
The experience acquired by the sacrifice of our soldiers, who lost members and even life itself in the last 20 years of fighting terrorism, led the military engineers of the Colombian National Army to export the tactics and skills that are used to confront explosive devices in the area of operations.
The expertise that has been gained was transformed into educational processes that the National Army, through its Education and Doctrine Command, has brought to the academy of the International Demining Center, CIDES, with the intention of training the international companies and delegations on operational demining, humanitarian demining and operational effectiveness.
These theoretical-practical exercises are designed so that mine clearance specialists know the techniques, tactics and procedures carried out by the Explosive Ordnance to be put into custody of teams of the National Army. In this way, they can identify the different explosive devices they may face, and thereby mitigate the effect of them through neutralization, among other important issues. Here the student understands the risk that a mine clearance specialist goes through is very high and a bad decision can be fatal.
During 2021, the National Army virtually instructed 137 students from 16 different nations on topics related to demining. By 2022, delegations from South Korea are expected, and 11 experts will be sent to NATO units, for example, to activate the cycle of international instructions.
Source: Press - National Army
