VIGOROUS WARRIOR 2019
Multinational Exercise „Vigorous Warrior 2019“ N. Seumenicht In April 2019 the multinational medical exercise Vigorous Warrior 2019 was held in Romania. 26 NATO nations, 13 partner nations and 12 aid organisations practised for an emergency in Cincu – at the national training centre, in Câmpia Turzii, in Bucharest and in Constanta at the Black Sea. This resulted in the largest NATO exercise so far with a total of 2,500 participants. of Hungary, in close cooperation with the host nation in each case. This year‘s exercise focused on realistic scenarios such as outbreaks of hostilities immediately after NATO invokes its mutual defence clause under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
Soldiers and civilians working together
Colonel Dr. Salvatore Schmidt, Deputy Director of NATO‘s Military Medicine Competence Centre of Excellence in Budapest, Hungary.
The „Vigorous Warrior“ series of exercises has been held every two years since 2011. The exercise is organised by the NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine (MilMed COE), which is located in Budapest, the capital
Colonel Dr. Salvatore Schmidt, Deputy Director of NATO‘s Military Medicine Centre of Excellence and Deputy Commander of the Vigorous Warrior 2019 exercise, explains: „For the first time, not only soldiers, but also civilians are taking part in this exercise. We have developed a corresponding scenario. There are various treatment facilities, the so-called role 1, role 2 and role 3 – various field hospitals. In addition, we have set up a refugee camp. In the case of the invocation of an Article 5 scenario or another military conflict, it can be assumed that not only soldiers will be injured, but that civilians will also be affected and, for example, will have to leave the area where they live. These will be looked
Lieutenant General Dr. Ulrich Baumgärtner, Surgeon General of the Bundeswehr, took time to speak to his soldiers. 2019
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