Multinational Centre of Excellence for Mountain Warfare (MN COEMW; sl, Večnacionalni center odličnosti za gorsko bojevanje) is one of
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
Centres of Excellence, located in
Bohinjska Bela,
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. It is "responsible for training individuals and units for operation in the mountains and other terrains difficult to pass".
Currently Centre is not fully accredited; full accreditation is planned for 2015.
Overview
MN COEMW is based on the
Slovenian Military Mountain School, which was formed in 1996. In 2004 school was chosen as site of future COE.
On 15 November 2011 Slovenia (as a Framework nation) signed cooperation agreement with
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
and
Italy
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(as a Participating nations) regarding training of soldiers from these three countries in Bohinjska Bela; with this Centre was upgraded to multinational level. Also several other countries (Germany, Turkey, Canada and Croatia) are currently planning to apply for the membership.
Mission
Primary mission of the Centre is "to support the transformation of the forces and assets of mountain warfare". The four core working areas are as follows: (1) education and training, (2) doctrine and concept development, (3) capability development and support to experimentation and (4) lessons identified and lessons learned processes.
Currently Centre provides following courses: Military Mountaineering, Combat Decision-Making in the Mountains, Small Unit Tactics in the Mountains, Surviving in the Mountains, Military Alpine Climbing, Military Mountain Rescue and Military Mountain Guiding.
See also
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List of mountain warfare forces
Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained for mountain troops tasks. The list does not include non-mountain special forces units, even if several of them have some mountain warfare capabilities.
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NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence
NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence (NATO MW CoE) is one of NATO NATO Centre of Excellence, Centres of Excellence, located in Poljče, 27, 4275, Begunje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia. It assists NATO member countries, partners, other countries an ...
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Slovenian Armed Forces
The Slovenian Armed Forces or Slovenian Army (SAF; sl, Slovenska vojska; 'SV'' are the armed forces of Slovenia. Since 2003, it is organized as a fully professional standing army. The Commander-in-Chief of the SAF is the President of the R ...
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Army Mountain Warfare School
The Army Mountain Warfare School (AMWS) is a United States Army school located at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vermont to train soldiers in mountain warfare, the specialized skills required for operating in mountainous terrai ...
(United States)
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Hatsavita Mountain Warfare Training Centre
The Hatsavita Mountain Training Center is a Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) (or MVD) training facility located in Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, southern Russia. The MVD, together with the Federal Security Service (FSB), carries out most interna ...
(Russian Federation)
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Isonzo Front
The Battles of the Isonzo (known as the Isonzo Front by historians, sl, soška fronta) were a series of 12 battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I mostly on the territory of present-day Slovenia, and the remaind ...
References
External links
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Military units and formations established in 2011
NATO agencies
Military installations of Slovenia
Mountain warfare training installations