Rwanda Defence Force medical personnel are jointly engaging with their United States counterparts in a medical readiness exercise to learn together at the Rwanda Military Hospital, Kanombe.
This Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDRETE) is part of a series of ongoing joint exercises with militaries from the United States, Europe and East African region.
The joint exercises including a Command Post Exercise (CPX) will continue until August 29th.
At the launch of the joint exercises, the Defence ministry statement, the Shared Accord is a military exercise focusing on African partner capability and interoperability in support of a United Nations/African Union Peace Keeping Operations (PKO).
U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) is seeking to build partnership with East African Military Forces and is designed to help participants improve their capability to respond to regional security threats posed by Violent Extremist Organizations (VEOs), and to more effectively counter the associated ideology.
