EXERCISE DESCRIPTION
SVETLINA 08 was held at Camp Pepeliste and the Krivolak Military Training Center in Macedonia from May 9 -25, 2008. Twelve American and twelve Macedonian participants took part in the event.
The training scenario involved organizing and conducting a humanitarian response to a major earthquake that struck the village of Musanci in the fictional war-torn country of "Atlantica."
08 Participants were expected to have completed the required readings, have basic first aid skills, and must have completed the FEMA online course 1S-100 Introduction to the Incident Command System. Please see the list of Required Readings.
In addition, all participants understood that they would be living in austere conditions at Camp Pepeliste while responding to difficult disaster relief scenarios. |