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Understanding Tomorrow’s Warfare Begins Today
The 2019 CIOR Seminar on “Warfare 2030 – Technology, Policy, Ethics” was held in Bonn (Germany) from January 26 to 29, 2019, with young CIOR reserve officers as well as seasoned members from many NATO participating countries. By Major Jean-François Lambert,...
A good start
CIOR held the first In-Between-Meeting (IBM) of the UK / Estonian Presidency in Tallinn from 15 to 17 November. -I was very pleased to welcome over 60 delegates from our member Reserve Associations, and especially the President of CIOMR and the President of CISOR,...
British CIOR Presidency visiting Estonia
The new British CIOR Presidency led by Colonel (R) Chris Argent visited Estonia in september. This was in light of the 2019 CIOR Summer Congress in Tallinn, Estonia. The British Presidency is working closely with the Estonians, who are scheduled to take over the...
CIOR “In-Between-Meeting” kicks off in Tallinn
The CIOR In-Between-Meeting (IBM) 1 in Tallinn, Estionia, kicked off this morning. The Chief of the Estonian Defence Forces designate, Major General Herem, opened the morning session, and received the CIOR Plaque by CIOR President, UK Colonel Chris Argent (R). The...
Reservists make up most of Estonia’s armed forces
Estonians bravely pledge to defend themselves “in all circumstanses and against all adversaries, no matter how overwhelming”. And most of the country’s armed forces are actually made up of reservists. The small Baltic country of 1,3 million people...
UK takes over Presidency at Summer Congress in Quebec City
August 10, 2018 – Quebec, CIOR Public Affairs. By: U.S. Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Justin Fuchs. Canada hosted the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) and Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers (CIOMR) annual Summer Congress from...
Technology and cyber top-of-mind during civil-military cooperation exercise
Canadian Army·Thursday, August 23, 2018 By Second Lieutenant Natalia Flynn, Army Public Affairs Quebec City, Quebec — Reservist civil-military affairs specialists from 14 nations came together in early August 2018 for the seventh annual CIMEX (Civil-Military...
CIOR CIMEX 2017 – Forging greater CIMIC Resilience in Prague
CIOR CIMEX 2017Forging greater CIMIC Resilience in Prague The international Confédération Interalliée des Officiers de Réserve (CIOR), of which South Africa is a part, includes a Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Committee. This committee successfully executed its...
MILCOMP 2017 was a success
MILCOMP 2017 Many challenges awaited this year’s competitors in Prague, but have been mastered very successfully CIOR Military Competition Concurrent with the CIOR Summer Congress 2017 in Prague, more than 200 athletes were scheduled to participate in CIOR’s military...