The NATO approved CBRN EOD Incident Management Staff Officer Training (CBRN EOD IM SOT) organized by the NATO EOD COE took place in Trencin and the National EOD and CBRN Centre in Novaky from 15th October till 19th October 2018. The CBRN EOD IM SOT comprised theoretical and practical lessons combined with a live demonstration.
The development and execution of CBRN EOD IM SOT was greatly supported by expertise and instructors from Italian National CIED CoE, University of Rome Tor Vergata, British DEMS Training Regiment, NATO JCBRN Defence CoE, 15th Engineer Regiment of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic and Slovak Armed Forces.
In total, 14 students from 10 NATO countries attended and successfully completed this training.
Author and photo: CPT Marek Vlnka, SVK(A)