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Brand new obstacle course for MILCOMP 2019
When Estonia stepped up to the challenge of hosting a CIOR summer congress, there were no NATO compatible obstacle courses in Estonia. Through massive co-operation from the Estonian Defence League Kaitseliit, the Ministry of Defence and a great number of volunteers, a...
CIOR Medal of Merit to Rear Admiral Berggrav
Rear Admiral (Retd.) Jørgen Berggrav, Secretary General of the Norwegian Reserve Officer Association and Assistant Secretary General to CIOR, was today awarded the CIOR Medal of Merit. The presentation was made by Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Sir...
– No better location for the CIOR Summer Congress
– There can be no better location to remind us all of the obligations of our various nations of total support within the Alliance of NATO than here in Tallinn, Estonia. A very real threat to peace, to the stability and national safety which endures here. With...
CIOR Language Academy precursor to Summer Congress
The CIOR Summer Congress takes place 4-10 August in Tallinn, Estonia. The forerunner has been the CIOR Language Academy (CLA). The CLA held classes in French and English from July 20 to August 4, at the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences in Tallinn. The CIOR...
CIOR President attends NRFC Summer Plenary: Warm reception and praise for MOU implementation
CIOR President Colonel (R) Chris Argent (UK) attended the National Reserve Forces Committee (NRFC) Summer Plenary Meeting in Warsaw on 10 and 11 July. The President was warmly welcomed as a ‘special guest’. Brussels, 11 July 2019: The Chairman of NATO’s National...
CIOR Delegates visit Estonian Battlefield Exercise
Tallinn 9 May 2019: CIOR delegates yesterday visited Exercise “Spring Storm” in Estonia. A part of the exercise was a battlefield first aid scenario after an artillery unit was hit by counter battery fire. The delegates witnessed an artillery battery...
Senior UK Army Reservist visits Estonian Exercise
Tallinn 9 May 2019: Major General Bill O’Leary from the UK (UK Deputy Commander Field Army and senior UK Army Reservist) yesterday visited Estonian Defence League (EDL) troops taking part in the annual live exercise “Spring Storm”. EDL is a voluntary...
Young Reserve Officer Seminar in Finland
The Young Reserve Officer Seminar this year took place in Finland, near Helsinki. Some 40 young reserve officers from eleven countries attended the three day event and took part in practical and theory on cross-cultural leadership and related topics. Led by the YROW...
CIOR-CIOMR Summer Congress 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn, Estonia, host city for the 2019 CIOR and CIOMR Summer Congresses. The largest annual meeting of these two organizations is jointly held each summer in a different country and is organized by a separate member of CIOR/CIOMR each year; in 2017, the Congress was...