FYROM Troops To Host US Soldiers In Military Exercises

Soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division conduct urban assault training at Hohenfels Army base during the multi-national training exercise, Combined Resolve II (U.S. Army photo by Capt. John Farmer, 1st BCT, 1st CD Public Affairs).

The FYROM (Macedonia) Defense Ministry says 95 members of the country's army will join about 300 U.S. soldiers in joint military exercises dubbed Dragoon Guardian 17.

Officials on July 27 said the maneuvers will begin on July 28 and run through August 10.

Among the exercises, soldiers will prepare a landing site for drone aircraft and will train to clear roads of improvised explosive devices and to protect against nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.

The Ministry of Defense said the exercises will be held at the Krivolak Army Range.

The Dragoon Guardian...