1st Regional Military Engineering Conference
11.10.2021
LTC Sandor ZSIROS, the COS of NATO EOD COE, participated in the 1st Regional Military Engineering Conference, organized by HQ MND-SE held in Bucharest, Romania, from 28 to 30 SEP 2021.
The main goal of the event was to gather the Engineering community and to sustain a viable regional network of military engineers
Homemade Explosive Course – Basic in Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
16.09.2021
The first iteration of the Homemade Explosive Course - Basic took place from 13 to 15 September 2021 in Ramnicu Valcea, Romania. The course was hosted for the first time by Romanian Engineering and EOD Training Centre. Duration of the course was three days with a total of 16 participants from ten NATO countries and one IPC country.
Demining and EOD Seminar, Sarajevo
15.09.2021
Between 7th and 9th of September 2021, Head of EOD Technologies Department LTC Damian Piórko represented the EOD COE during Demining and EOD Seminar in Sarajevo, B&H. Event was organized by Mr. Martyn Hill, Intelligence-Sec, with its business office in London. The whole event was an excellent example of how demining and EOD commence to merge nowadays.
Homemade Explosive Course – Basic Train the Trainer in Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
10.09.2021
Based on the endorsement of the NATO EOD COE Steering Committee at the 18th meeting in April 2019 and signed Cooperation Programme with the Romanian Land Forces Staff, the Home Made Explosive Course – Basic, Train the Trainer training was conducted by COE Mobile Training Team (HMEC-B T3 MTT) for the Romanian Land Forces.
EOD COE representatives visit the 15th Engineer Regiment in Bechyně, CZE
05.08.2021
Based on warm invitation from 15th Engineer Regiment of Czech Armed Forces, the EOD COE delegation took part at military trials of UGV Talon GEN V on the 14th of July 2021. The trials were led by the QinetiQ representatives (USA) and supported by EOD experts of 15th ENG Rgt at the testing area of military airport in Bechyne.
Handover-takeover of the Deputy Branch Head at Education and Training Branch
03.08.2021
Since AUG 2009, the NATO EOD COE position of Deputy Branch Head at Education and Training (E&T) branch is assigned to the Czech Republic, one of the COE Sponsoring Nation. They provide an experienced and educated subject matter expert from their national pool of EOD capabilities.
Establishment of cooperation with the Armed Forces Academy of the Slovak Republic
16.07.2021
In line with the NATO EOD COE effort to increase the Centre’s cooperation with Academia, the Director of the NATO EOD COE Colonel Robert CSASZAR visited the Slovak Republic Armed Forces Academy (AFA) in Liptovsky Mikulas on 14 July 2021. the visit culminated by signing of the bilateral agreement that determines conditions for future beneficial cooperation between the NATO EOD COE and the SVK AFA.
HME-A Course in Military Training Area, Lešť
13.07.2021
From the 5th to 9th of July 2021 the NATO EOD COE organized the Homemade Explosives Course – Advanced. The course was performed with the assistance of Subject Matter Experts from Thermo Fischer Scientific (USA), EODD Company (NLD), Institute of Energetic Materials (University of Pardubice, CZE), EOD Group (BEL), 15th Engineering Regiment (CZE), the National Centre of EOD and CBRN (SVK) and the Engineer Battalion (SVK).
Visit of the German Defence Attaché
09.07.2021
The Defence Attaché of Germany in Slovakia LTC (GS) Rüdiger Heinrich accompanied by 1st SGT Dennis Rudolf visited the EOD Centre of Excellence on 8th July 2021.uestions and answers session followed the fruitful discussion and focused on topics how COVID-19 affected the activities of the Centre and which new initiatives it has provoked such as better utilisation of virtual tools or focusing on online education and training activities.
The First Writing Session to AJP-3.18 Review
28.06.2021
The NATO Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Centre of Excellence (COE) as the custodian for the Allied Joint Doctrine for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Support to Operations AJP-3.18 organized from 23 to 24 June 2021 the first Writing Session (1st AJP-3.18 WS) as an online event (CISCO-WebEx). Based on Allied Joint Doctrine Campaign Plan, the target date for promulgation is April 2023.
Cooperation with CIMIC Combat Camera Team
28.05.2021
EOD COE launched cooperation with SVK AF CIMIC combat camera team in order to prepare optimization of several training opportunities. First series of recordings that will be followed by several future sessions was conducted in the premises of the EOD COE on 25-26 MAY 2021. Emphasis of this project will fully concentrate on knowledge which does not necessarily require physical presence of the training audience.
The Hungarian Embassy Visit to EOD Centre of Excellence
26.05.2021
On May 20th, 2021, the Ambassador of the Hungary to Slovakia, H.E. Mr Tibor PETŐ and Defence Attaché LTC Csaba VIDA visited the NATO EOD Centre of Excellence. EOD COE Director COL Robert CSASZAR presented to the distinguished guests the history, mission, vision, activities of the EOD COE, completed and ongoing projects and courses.
8th EOD Workshop
11.05.2021
The 8th EOD WS held on 05-06 May 2021 was an indirect continuum of the EOD LL seminars and workshops organised by the EOD COE since 2012. This year, the event designed for the EOD and related Communities of Interest was organised as an online event for the first time.
20th Military Engineering Working Group
24.02.2021
Due to the COVID-19 circumstances, the meeting was held as a video teleconference using the WebEx platform. The aim of MILENG WG was to improve military engineering capabilities within the NATO capability development framework. The next WG meeting will be held in Ingolstadt, Germany from 14 to 18 June 2021.
5th Military Engineering Annual Discipline Conference (MILENG ADC)
28.01.2021
With respect to NATO’s Global programming principles, the NATO’s appointed MILENG discipline Requirement Authority (RA), Department Head (DH) and representatives of the MILENG discipline Education and Training Facilities (ETF) conducted the 5th MILENG ADC.