Louisiana (USA) – One of the pillars of training and certifying the readiness of a troop is the existence of qualified and trained military personnel as Training Observers and Controllers. In 2024, Operation CORE has a team of 15 observers and controllers from the East and South Training Centers, COTER and the Health Directorate.
Between August 6 and 10, the team took part in specific training at the Observer Coach and Trainer Academy at Fort Johnson-Lousiana.
The 15 trainees received theoretical and practical instruction on the role and actions of observers in a Force-on-Force Exercise. They also took part in a reconnaissance of the terrain of the CORE 24 exercise and practiced driving the M1097 HMMWV during the day and at night using a night vision goggle.
The observers will work in Rotation 24-10 of the Joint Readiness Training Center with the CORE Troop, as well as other command structures linked to the US Army’s 101st Airborne Div.
In this way, these soldiers will contribute to Brazil’s participation in Exercise CORE 24, as well as to improving the work of the Training Centers in Brazil and also to improving Brazilian Military Doctrine.
Start of Operation CORE 24
The Brazilian soldiers who make up the CORE Subunit underwent a week of adaptation and additional instruction with the US Army. After arriving in the United States, the RSOI phase began (Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration), which is an American Army acronym that refers to the operational activities planned for troops when they enter a Theater of Operations and can be translated as Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration. in the context of Operation CORE 24.
Airmobile assault
On the evening of August 15, Brazilian troops embarked tactically for the start of the operational phase of Exercise CORE 24. AH-64 (Apache), UH-60 (Black Hawk) and CH-47 (Chinook) aircraft from the US Army were used to infiltrate the CORE troops to the location controlled by the troops opposing the exercise.
CORE 2024 (Combined Operation and Rotation Exercise)
Exercise CORE is the result of a cooperation program signed between Brazil and the United States, which stipulates annual bilateral exercises until 2028. The first edition took place in Brazil in 2021, the second in 2022 in the US city of Louisiana. In 2023, the third edition took place in the northern region of Brazil.