Saint Barbara Celebration at SWEDEC, Sweden
09.12.2019
The NATO EOD COE was invited by the Swedish EOD and Demining Centre to celebrate Saint Barbara as the patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives. The Chief of Staff, LTC Zsiros, represented the COE in support of strengthening the close relationship and mutual collaboration of training opportunities.
19th NATO Concept Development and Experimentation Conference
31.10.2019
The International Concept Development and Experimentation (ICD&E) Conference is the annual forum of Supreme Allied Command Transformation and US Joint Staffs that provides a unique opportunity for the ICD&E community and stakeholders to discuss the most current issues of concept development and experimentation in the capability development process.
EOD Working Group Meeting
26.10.2019
The EOD experts from NATO nations and entities convened in Kiel, Germany, during the semi-annual EOD WG meeting under the umbrella of NATO Standardisation Office. The meeting was held for the first time at Naval Base from 22 to 25 October 2019. This unintentionally served as a visible symbol for recently established EOD in Maritime Environment panel within the WG.
NATO CBRN EOD Incident Management Staff Officer Training
25.10.2019
From the 21 to 25 October 2019 the NATO EOD COE organized the NATO CBRN EOD Incident Management Staff Officer Training (CBRN EOD IM SOT) in Trencin and Novaky, Slovakia. The CBRN EOD IM SOT comprised theoretical lessons and practical exercises combined with a live demonstration.
SACT HQ Periodic Assessment Team's On-site visit
22.10.2019
The HQ SACT Periodic Assessment Team visited the EOD COE on 14-15 OCT 2019. The aim of the visit was to assess whether the EOD COE still meets the accreditation criteria. The final Periodic Assessment Questionnaire 2019 along with the report of the Assessment Team will be submitted to the NATO Military Committee for approval.
40th Allied Joint Doctrine Working Group, Istanbul, Turkey
18.10.2019
40th Allied Joint Doctrine Working Group (AJOD WG) meeting held in Multinational Joint Warfare Center, Istanbul, Turkey, from 14 to 17 Oct 2019. The aim of the AJOD WG meeting was to enhance NATO forces interoperability through the provision of joint operational level doctrine.
7th EOD Workshop 2019, Trenčín, Slovakia
16.10.2019
The 7th EOD WS was held in Trencin, Slovakia in the period of 24-26 SEP 2019. The event was open to a wide spectrum of the Subject Matter Experts from NATO and Interoperability Platform Countries what resulted in participation of 80 delegates from 17 nations and 27 international entities representing a significant number of military specialists, producers, and academics.
EOD COE at the 4th C-IED Technology Workshop in Madrid
07.10.2019
The fourth edition of the C-IED Technology Workshop was held in cooperation with NATO Emerging Security Challenges and organized by the C-IED COE in Madrid, Spain, from 1 to 3 Oct 2019. Counter-unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) solutions for IED incidents, advanced standoff detection, technical exploitation and C-IED threat mitigation as centric topics.
SACT visits NATO EOD COE
18.09.2019
On 17 September 2019, the EOD COE had the honour to welcome Gen André Lanata, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), in Trencin. Since the COE establishment in 2010, it was the first time that SACT has visited the EOD COE. MAJ GEN Pokorný, Deputy Chief of Defence of the Slovak Armed Forces as a host of SACT official tour in Slovakia, accompanied the distinguished delegation.
Home-Made Explosives Courses Advanced in Military Training Area Lešť
22.08.2019
During first two weeks of July 2019 the EOD COE organized two iterations of the Homemade Explosives Course – Advanced. The course consisted of theoretical lectures and practical training scenarios.
First COE Marketplace at NATO HQ
18.07.2019
LTC Sandor Zsiros,the EOD COE Chief of Staff, accompanied by LTC Milan Jankura (Transformation Support department) and MSGT Gergely Brandt (Technology department) advertised the EOD COE during the COE Marketplace organized at NATO HQ in Brussels, Belgium, from 15 to 16 July 2019.
Romanian EOD Training Base Delegation visits EOD COE
11.07.2019
From 2 to 4 July 2019 Romanian EOD Training Base Commander LTC Catalin SARACU accompanied by EOD Chief Instructor LTC Ionel BACANU visited the Centre and observed the delivery of HME-A (Homemade Explosives Course Advanced) in Military Training Area (MTA) Lest.
Swedish Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Demining Centre (SWEDEC) visits NATO EOD COE
11.07.2019
Following the NATO EOD COE visit of SWEDEC in May 2019, Commanding Officer Captain Royal Sweden Navy (RSwN) Frederik H D Peedu, accompanied by Regimental Sergeant Major Rasmus Garnå visited NATO EOD COE.
Home-Made Explosives Courses-Basic in Bechyně, the Czech Republic
27.06.2019
The course was delivered by the EOD COE Mobile Training Team within the premises of the 15th The NATO EOD COE organized two iterations of the Homemade Explosives Course – basic.Engineer Regiment in Bechyně. The duration of each course iteration was three days and both courses were delivered from 28th of May till 5th of June.
21st NATO C-IED Working Group Meeting
24.06.2019
The 21st NATO C-IED Working Group meeting was hosted by Hellenic National Defence General Staff in Loutraki, Greece, from 17 to 21 JUN 2019. More than 60 participants, representing NATO nations, NATO commands, NSO, C-IED COE, CSW COE, MILENG COE and EOD COE, gathered together to discuss, analyze and find solutions in the area of C-IED standardization.