Platinum Wolf 18 was a two-week multinational peacekeeping exercise that brought 10 nations together to enhance military cooperation and interoperability at Serbia’s South Base and Borovac Training Area, June 11-22, 2018. This video premiered during the exercise’s Distinguished Visitor (DV) Day on June 21, 2018.
Ohio Soldiers Display Interoperability at Platinum Wolf 2018. Members of the Ohio and Tennessee Army National Guards spent two weeks this past summer in Serbia participating in Exercise Platinum Wolf – an annual, multinational peacekeeping exercise led by the Serbian Armed Forces.
With more than 500 participants, the exercise included members of the Ohio National Guard’s 838th Military Police Company, members of the Tennessee National Guard’s 269th Military Police Company and military service members from 10 partner nations – Bosnia, Bulgaria, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
Held in June 2018, initial planning for Platinum Wolf commenced in December 2017 and called for input from all participating countries. Preparation consisted of three planning conferences, along with ongoing weekly dialogue between the military unit leadership of each country.
Ohio has partnered with Serbia for the past 12 years as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program (SPP) and has participated in the Platinum Wolf exercises for the past three years. This year, Ohio’s CPT Trevor Ducey enlisted participation from the Tennessee National Guard to demonstrate to the Serbian troops the importance of collaboration.
