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“Seminar 2020” launched in Bonn
The CIOR Seminar 2020 opened in Bonn Saturday morning, with over 50 participants from 13 nations. Among many European countries represented were also Australia, South Africa and the USA. The theme for this year’s Seminar is “China – Threat or...
CIOR Mid-Winter Meeting opened at NATO HQ
The Mid-Winter Meeting (MWM) of CIOR opened this morning at NATO headquarters in Brussels. By Roy Thorvaldsen, Lt Col Norwegian Army/ CIOR Public Affairs and Major Jean-Francois Lambert, Canadian Armed Forces/ CIOR Public Affairs (Photo). The two and a half day...
CIOR President meets with ACT Chief of Staff
CIOR President Colonel (R) Chris Argent paid an office call on Chief of Staff Allied Command Transformation, Vice Admiral Paul Bennett CB OBE, during the CIOR Presidency’s visit to the NRFC Winter Plenary Meeting in Norfolk Virginia. Colonel Argent briefed...
CIOR Delegation meets with Canadian Reserve Leaders
The CIOR delegation participating in the NRFC winter meeting in Norfolk, Virginia last week, Saturday met with Canadian two- and one star Reservist leaders in Ottawa. The CIOR delegation met with Major General Mackenzie OMM CD, Chief of Reserves and Employer Support;...
CIOR Presidency Team in Cyber Discussion with NRFC
A team from the CIOR Presidency this week participated in the Winter Plenary Meeting of NATO’s National Reserve Forces Committee (NRFC) in Norfolk, Virginia. By: Roy Thorvaldsen, Lt Col (R) Norwegian Army/ CIOR Public Affairs The meeting took place at the...
CIOR Presidency visiting US ROA en-route to NRFC meeting
The CIOR Presidency team en-route to participate in the Winter Plenary Meeting of NATO National Reserve Forces Committee (NRFC) at Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT) in Norfolk, Virginia. On the way, the delegation was visiting the US...
IBM3 wraps up in Edinburgh
The CIOR autumn meeting (In-Between-Meeting/IBM) wrapped up Wednesday 27 November, after two and a half days of discussing on-going business. The final day of the meeting consisted mainly of progress reports from various CIOR committees. By: Lt Col Roy Thorvaldsen,...
Autumn CIOR meeting opens in Edinburgh
The autumn meeting of CIOR – also called the “in-between-meeting” opened in Edinburgh 25 November. For two days the CIOR national associations’ delegations were set to discuss their on-going business. By: Lt Col Roy Thorvaldsen, Norwegian Army,...
CIOR President briefed Military Committee
Brussels, 10 October 2019: The CIOR President, UK Colonel Chris Argent (Retd.) last Monday presented the CIOR Annual Report 2018- 19 to the NATO Military Committee (MC). The report – the first in four years – highlighted the breadth of work being undertaken by CIOR on...