Details of U.S. Military Aid for Georgia under Consideration

The American Forces Press Service reported on December 10 that following a visit by the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Gen. Peter Pace, to Georgia this week, the U.S. European Command will begin a training mission with Georgian troops called the Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program.

?Details are still being worked out, but the new mission builds on the Georgia Train and Equip training conducted by Special Operations Command Europe and Marine Forces Europe between May 2002 and April 2004. The new program will involve sustaining the training by expanding it,? the American Forces Press Service reported.

?The program will train the Georgian 11th Brigade staff and will equip two more infantry battalions and two logistics battalions. It will train some separate companies from the Georgian 11th Brigade and some command and control elements that will plan, coordinate and execute Georgian deployments to Iraq,? the report continues.