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The “Spanish Road” reaches Latvia

In Adazi
November 28, 2019

·      A cohesion and physical ability test has been executed to commemorate the 482nd anniversary of the 6th Infantry Regiment “Saboya”

Spanish troops deployed in Latvia within the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Mission have conducted a patrol´s competition open to all countries of the mission. It is a test resulting from the tradition of the 6th Infantry Regiment “Saboya”, which, in order to celebrate the anniversary of the Regiment´s creation, execute this test every year.  

The competition is made up of squads that should pass several physical tests: trunk carriage, wounded transfer in stretcher, crossing of obstacles, crossing a moat filled with water, towing of vehicles, crossing a combat track and crossing of vehicles.

The test aims to check physical and mental abilities, as well as cohesion of the participating squads; among them we can find representatives of all the countries present in the eFP Mission in Latvia.

Thanks to this test, soldiers have put into practice comradeship and spirit of sacrifice, serving to unite even more all the components of the ePF Operation.

The competition has ended with a victory of the Polish team from the Company “Grizzly”, followed closely by the Spanish Team from ULOG/NSE, and in third place the Italian team from Company “Draghi”.

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