British Bases personnel, models from the UK and the Republic of Cyprus lately undertook a 3 days joint bomb disposal coaching in Akrotiri to “share finest practices and foster working relationships for future collaboration”.
That is what a British Bases press launch stated on Monday, including that train “Hades Bident” noticed consultants from RAF Akrotiri’s Ammunition Troop working alongside each the Cyprus Police and Nationwide Guard Explosive Ordinance Disposal Groups “to cope with potential threats from numerous explosive gadgets, together with Improvised Explosive Units (IEDs) and pipe bombs below autos.”
Additionally concerned within the large-scale train was a workforce from the SBA Police and extremely skilled navy bomb disposal professionals from the UK, the press launch added.
Talking shortly after the train, Main Joe Wooden, a Senior Ammunition Technical Officer from RAF Akrotiri, defined why joint coaching was so helpful for everybody concerned, noting that “the overarching purpose of the train was to execute inter-agency and joint coaching.”
“It was very helpful having CyPol and Nationwide Guard involvement on the train. This was the primary time we received to know their capabilities and share our working practices,” he stated.
Head of the CyPol Bomb Specialist Workforce, Odysseas Papadopoulos, referred to as Train “Hades Bident” very constructive and revealed that he hoped the three days of coaching would strengthen the cooperation between all these concerned.