The first Ukrainian forces learning how to use a new U.S.-based weapons system have returned to their country after being trained in Grafenwoehr, Germany, defense officials said Wednesday.
The soldiers were artillery forces who were already familiar with Howitzer tanks and armored vehicles on their own system but were trained to use a U.S.-based system as well. A second wave is currently being trained, according to Brig. Gen. Joseph Hilbert, commander of the 7th Army Training Command.“They understand how to operate it and employ it as effectively as they can on their own and in accordance with their own tactics and their own doctrine,” Hilbert said in a press briefing.
The bulk of the training is being conducted through the Florida guardsmen, who were stationed in Ukraine in November as part of the Joint Multinational Training Group. The guardsmen were sent back to Florida after Russia invaded Ukraine in February but have since reunited with the Ukrainian soldiers.
Lt. Col. Todd Hopkins, who also oversaw the training, said the soldiers are devoted to getting through the training quickly so they can return home and defend their country. "A couple of days ago, during one of the lunch breaks, one of the Ukrainian soldiers received word that his hometown was being shelled," Hopkins said."He and his team immediately stopped what they were doing, stopped eating lunch, and went back to training, knowing that was how they were going to get back and support their homelands."U.S. troops are not the only ones helping to train Ukrainian forces.
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