Home-Made Explosives Courses-Basic in Nováky, SEP 2015
08.09.2015
During September 2015 the EOD COE Training Branch organized two runs of the Homemade Explosives Course – basic. The courses were performed with the assistance of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from Ammunition Testing Centre (ATC) and Institute of Energetic Materials (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic).
10th Annual NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Counter Improvised Device Conference (C-IED) 2015
23.06.2015
Following the NATO C-IED Action Plan and the NATO C-IED policy, the NATO ACT organized the 10th Annual NATO C-IED Conference from 23 June till 26 June 2015 in Madrid, Spain .
Counter Improvised Explosive Disposal Annual Discipline Conference (C-IED ADC) 2015
22.06.2015
In accordance with the NATO approach to Global Programming Framework (GPF) in Education and Training (E&T) the C-IED COE (Spain, Madrid) from 22 till 23 June 2015 hosted the 2nd C-IED Annual Discipline Conference (ADC).
CBRN EOD Staff Officer Incident Management Training
22.06.2015
In harmony with mid-term EOD COE´s goals and objectives the Chief of the EOD Capability Development Branch (Maj Truchly) leads the project “CBRN EOD Staff Officer Incident Management Training”, which should fill in a recognised gap within EOD training activities.
Home-Made Explosives Courses-Advanced in Military training area Lešť
15.06.2015
During June 2015 the EOD COE Training Branch organized two runs of the Homemade Explosives Course – Advanced. The courses were performed with the assistance of Subject Matter Experts from US Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Thermo Fischer Scientific(USA), Quinetiq(USA), Alluviam(USA), Institute of Energetic Materials (University of Pardubice, CZE), 15th Engineering Regiment(CZE) and National Centre of EOD and CBRN(SVK).
2nd C-IED Technology Workshop in Madrid
14.06.2015
The C-IED COE in coordination with EOD COE organized the 2nd C-IED Technology Workshop in Madrid during the 9th to 11th June 2015. The EOD COE was represented by EOD COE Director COL Ľubomír Mrváň SVK(A), LTC Grzegorz Motak POL(A), LTC (Ret) Daniel Zoller, CPT Zuzana Čahojová and Mrs. Anna Farkašová.
Military attachés to Slovakia visit the Centre
21.05.2015
Col Lubomir Mrváň, the EOD COE Director, hosted a group of military attachés led by BG Zdeněk Jakubek, CZE(A) during a visit to the EOD Centre of Excellence on 21 May 2015.
50th meeting of EOD WG
05.05.2015
Italian Joint C-IED Centre of Excellence in Roma hosted , from 5 to 8 May 2015, 50th meeting of EOD WG.
Home-Made Explosives Courses-Basic in Szentendre, Hungary
22.04.2015
During April 2015 the EOD COE Training Branch organized two runs of the Homemade Explosives Course – basic. The courses were performed with the assistance of Subject Matter Expert from Ammunition Testing Centre Novaky and Institute of Energetic Materials (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic).
13th C-IED WG meeting
22.04.2015
The meeting ran from 22 to 24 April 2015 in Berlin, DEU. Delegates from 16 NATO nations, 2PfP country (BIH, SWE), ACT , ACO, JFC Brunsum, JALLC, NATO HQ/CNAD and 4 Centres of Ecellence comprising C-IED, EOD, MILENG, CSW participated in the meeting.
EOD COE Director visits JCBRN Defence COE in Vyškov (Czech Republic)
19.03.2015
On 19th March the NATO EOD COE Director Col Lubomir MRVAN and his team visited the JCBRN Defence COE in Vyskov (Czech Republic).
9th MILENG WG Meeting
19.01.2015
The 9th Meeting of the Military Engineering (MILENG) Working Group was hosted by the MILENG COE in Ingolstadt, Germany from 19 to 23 January 2015.
49th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Inter-Service Working Group Meeting
09.12.2014
Representatives from the NATO EOD COE, MAJ Alexander Hugyar, CPT Anton Dobransky and Mr. Daniel Zoller with a Head of Delegation COL Lubomir Mrvan took part at the 49th Inter-Service Working Group meeting.
3rd Annual EOD Operators Lessons Learned Seminar
24.11.2014
In line with Lessons Learned and Analyses Section´s (LLAS) long-term objectives the 3rd annual EOD operators Lessons Learned Seminar was held at Bratislava, Slovakia on 24-25 November 2014.
Periodic Assessment Visit
05.11.2014
In the frame of HQ SACT Periodic Assessment LTC Andreas KRAFT, COE Head Section, and Mr. Tony WEDGE, Accreditation and Establishment SME, visited the NATO EOD COE from 5 - 7 November 2014.