Exercise Quick Response 2019 was completed today, successfully demonstrating that EUFOR in cooperation with its contributing nations are able to conduct large scale Peace Support Operations should it be required. Elements of the Reserve Forces along with EUFOR’s permanent in-theatre troops, the AFBiH and Law Enforcement Agencies successfully conducted […]

  Exercise Quick Response taking place concurrently AT multiple locations across BiH, from Mostar in the South West, Visoko and Sarajevo in the Centre, Banja Luka in the North, and Brcko in the North East. This year, the exercise aims to build onlast year’s successes, we are again working closely […]

  Sarajevo International Airport participated again this year in the “Quick Response 2019” exercise, which simulated the action of suppressing protests at the airport, the action of neutralizing the explosive device, that is, checking and removing abandoned – dangerous luggage, and assisting the injured. In the early hours of Thursday […]

  Exercise Quick Response is the annual test of EUFOR’s capability to rapidly reinforce its troops in BiH with part of its reserve forces which are held at high-readiness. The exercise runs in cooperation with BiH authorities, Armed Forces BiH and Law Enforcement Agencies and will take place in locations […]

  Following the successful opening ceremony held at Camp Butmir on the afternoon of Sunday the 6 October, the troops taking part in exercise Quick Response 19 started deploying to locations all over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday 7 October. During the 7-11 October citizens may notice an increased presence […]

  On the afternoon of Sunday the 6 October the opening ceremony for exercise Quick Response 19 was held at Camp Butmir, Sarajevo. Quick Response is the longstanding annual test of EUFOR’s capability to rapidly reinforce its troops in BiH with part of its reserve forces which are held at […]

On Thursday 3 October the 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles, who are here to take part in Quick Response 2019 (QR19), completed integration training with EUFOR’s helicopter crews. The troops trained with Blackhawk and Agusta Bell 212 helicopters from the Austrian Air Force, allowing them to practise their mounting […]

On Thursday 26 September another Antonov 124 and a Royal Air Force Voyager aircraft arrived at Sarajevo International Airport bringing in over 120 British troops from the 1stBattalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles and their final pieces of equipment for EUFOR’s largest annual exercise, Quick Response 2019 (QR19). The troops were […]

Troops and equipment continued to arrive at Sarajevo International Airport on Tuesday 24 September in preparation for EUFOR’s largest annual exercise, Quick Response 2019 (QR19). Parts of EUFOR’s High Readiness Reserve from, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom are travelling to BiH by a variety of means, including […]

On the week of the 2-6 Sep EUFOR’s Multinational Battalion trained alongside their partners in the AFBiH 4th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Battalion. Major Philip Michl of EUFOR said, “we have seen a highly motivated performance from all participants and a great development of military skills from both sides during the […]