Agile Spirit 2021 drills with participation of Ukrainian marines kick off in Georgia

"Celebrations marking the opening of the Agile Spirit 2021 international exercise took place in the territory of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Georgia near the town of Senaki," the report reads.

Agile Spirit celebrates its anniversary this year as Georgia is hosting the exercise for the tenth time.

Agile Spirit 2021 is a Georgian Defence Forces and U.S. Army Europe and Africa cooperatively-led joint multinational exercise occurring July 26 through August 6, 2021.

Agile Spirit 2021 enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and regional partner forces’ readiness and interoperability in a realistic training environment. The training taking place during Agile Spirit ensures that U.S., Allied and Partnered Nations maintain our conventional deterrence capability with a combination of combat-ready forward forces. 

More than 4,000 military personnel from 15 allied and partner forces will participate from the following nations: Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, Georgia (host nation), Germany, United Kingdom, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Italy, Azerbaijan and the United States.

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