Argentina Stages Naval
Drill With Brazil,
Chile, U.S.
Marine troops from
Argentina, Brazil, Chile
and the U.S. South
Command on Sunday staged
a joint amphibious
landing exercise in Port Belgrano Naval Base, 750
km southwest of Buenos
Aires, Argentine Defense
authorities said Sunday.
Some 150 Argentine
marines joined those
from the U.S., Brazil
and Chile in the landing
drills designed to
improve coordination and
communications during
U.N. missions.
The purpose of the
drills, code-named
"Exchange 2008," was to
improve the ability to
speak a common language
when a U.N. mission
needs the services of
the forces, a spokesmen
for the Argentine
Defense said.
In 2007, Chile hosted
the exercises and
similar drills will be
held in Brazil in 2009.
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