https://youtu.be/3JpuPW608f0 On February 5th and 6th, at the Koulikoro Training Camp, training sessions were held for EUTM members in relation to isolated persons recovery in military operations. The sessions were given by SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Extraction) instructors and EUTM medical personnel, involving also the...
Practice makes perfect. What was supposed to look like a normal workday at MF headquarters turned into a Base Defense Exercise. This exercise had been announced in advance for security reasons. Nevertheless, when the siren blares, every soldier feels that sound going through the bone. What to do...
At dawn the MFCdr Brigadier General Fernando Luis Gracia Herreiz and his CPT left Bamako for what should become a memorable day at the Koulikoro Training Camp, separated 60 kms from the MFHQ. The special visit of the MFCdr included an attendance to a formal Medal...
The EUTM Mali continues to provide training in GAO. This week was dedicated to training in International Humanitarian Law (IHL), tactical driving, tactical progressions, reaction to contact at platoon level and C-IED training. The IHL training’s purpose is to give trainees the knowledge on laws of...
Colonel Vincent HENKINET is the new commander of the Advisory Task Force embedded in the European Training Mission Mali. Colonel HENKINET, Belgian Army, received command of the Advisory Task Force on 23 January 2021 from Colonel David PAWLOWSKI (FRA). Colonel HENKINET commented after accepting command of the...
On January 22, 2021 in Koulikoro, Colonel Rafael Dengra Tello (Spain) took over as Head of the Educational and Training Task Force (ETTF). The Colonel replaced Lieutenant Colonel San Martin who held the position on a temporary basis. In his speech, the Colonel highlighted the...
https://youtu.be/zZGzjAE3yAA The Change of Command (CoC) ceremony of the EUTM Mali Mission Force Commander, between Brigade General František Ridzák (Czech Republic) and Brigade General Fernando Luis Gracia Herreiz (Spain), took place on 12 January 2021 at the EUTM Mali Headquarters in Bamako. The official CoC ceremony was...
The Ministry of Defence of Veterans Affairs (MDAC) in collaboration with the staffs, directorates, services of the Malian Armed Forces and technical support of the European Union Training Mission Mali (EUTM Mali) created a working group on promotion of gender within the Malian Armed Forces...
On January 7 2021, in the presence of EUTM Mali and FAMa officers and contractors, General František RIDZÁK, Mission Force Commander of EUTM Mali, Colonel Daoud Aly MOHAMMEDINE, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces and Colonel Elhalifa COULIBALY, Director of Transmissions and...
The change of command between the outgoing Deputy Mission Commander (DCOM), Colonel Vicente Infante Oliveras (Spain) and the incoming DCOM, Colonel Eckard Böddeker (Germany) took place today at the Mission Force Headquarters in Bamako. The change of command was executed during a formal ceremony. Present...
