From Stars and Stripes: In an effort to boost cooperation between troops carrying out missions alongside each other in war zones, U.S. military officials are looking to permanently station foreign troops at U.S. training areas in Germany…
While foreign troops already conduct some training at U.S. bases in Hohenfels and Grafenwöhr, this would be the first time a significant number of those troops would be permanently stationed there.
The U.S. already has invited two nations to station troops at the U.S. training center in Hohenfels, according to Brig. Gen. Steven L. Salazar, who took command at the Joint Multinational Training Command at Grafenwöhr three months ago. The Hohenfels center is the last place U.S. soldiers in Europe train before heading to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Salazar declined to name the two nations who were extended invitations, but he said two observer controllers from those countries initially would be stationed at Hohenfels. Observer controllers oversee exercises designed to prepare troops for deployment to war zones.
Eventually, a team of about a dozen personnel would be working there full time…
There already is multinational training at Hohenfels, where Afghanistan-bound Operational Mentor and Liaison teams from 12 nations are training this month. Foreign troops have attended the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Grafenwöhr. (photo: Christian Marquardt/JMTC)