MOSCOW. Dec 2 (Interfax-AVN) - About 20 major command-post, inter-service and tactical flying exercises, some of which involve live fire drills, will be conducted during the winter training period by troops in Russia's Western Military District (WMD), WMD Commander Col. Gen. Andrei Kartapolov has said.
"Increasing the intensity of combat training of the District's associations and formations, widespread introduction of the experience of forward sub-units, improving the training and the technical base of military units are just some of the tasks facing commanders and chiefs of all degrees in 2016," the commander said, according to a WMD press release on Tuesday.
The year 2016 will be special in that the troops and forces will be trained in the spirit of contest and competition, Kartapolov said.