That sort of stuff still takes up a fair amount of space, though, so it's most efficient if you can send it in (and take it out) by ship. In this case, they had basic gear - some tents, a few Humvees, a couple of generators, and not much more. When we go on such training events we usually travel pretty light. Such things usually last just a few weeks, as did this one. Immediate Response was a training event we conducted with Georgia, in Georgia. After all, we do these 'training exercises' all the time.īut one thing made 'Immediate Response 2008' worthy of note, and even then, only in hindsight: The news was barely noticed, and I suspect even the European Command forgot about the whole thing. A few months ago the European Command conducted a training event called 'Immediate Response 2008,' involving roughly one thousand Soldiers and Marines.
