Ohio National Guard News

Platinum Wolf 18 offers multitude of opportunities
to train, forge relationships

Story and photos by Senior Master Sgt. Elizabeth Holliker, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs

BOROVAC TRAINING AREA/SOUTH BASE, Serbia — Platinum Wolf 18 is a two-week multinational peacekeeping exercise that has brought more than 500 soldiers from 10 nations together to enhance military cooperation and interoperability, June 11-22.

Video by Video by Staff Sgt. George Davis, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs

Members of the Ohio National Guard's 838th Military Police Company work with the Serbian Armed Forces to conduct Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training during Platinum Wolf 2018.

Soldiers from the U.S., Serbia, Romania and Montenegro pose for a group photo after a full day of training together on cordon and search techniques during Exercise Platinum Wolf 2018, June 13, 2018.

A soldier from the Bulgarian Armed Forces navigates a barbed wire obstacle during offensive operations training.

Soldiers from the Armed Forces of Montenegro and Romanian Armed Forces practice proper techniques for conducting dismounted patrols on roadways, wooded areas and open fields, June 14, 2018.

Under the instruction of a Serbian Armed Forces special forces team member, British army soldiers practice proper procedures to riding in and rapidly dismounting from a military police assault vehicle.

A Soldier assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 838th Military Police Company familiarizes himself with a Serbian military police combat vehicle during the cordon and search portion of Exercise Platinum Wolf.

A soldier assigned to the British army defends the perimeter during foot patrol training.

Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic, chief of general staff for the Serbian Armed Forces, visits South Base and the Borovac Training Area, June 15, 2018, to observe training demonstrations during Exercise Platinum Wolf 2018. Here he visits with Sgt. Kristopher Krasnow, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 838th Military Police Company, who was part of the non-lethal weapons instructor team.

Sgt. Joshua Stiles, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 838th Military Police Company, instructs members of the Serbian Armed Forces on non-lethal weapons tactics during Exercise Platinum Wolf 2018, June 15, 2018. Stiles and his team of instructors are responsible for teaching approximately 500 soldiers from 10 nations on tactics and techniques for using non-lethal weapons.

A soldier from the Bulgarian Armed Forces participates in offensive operations training.

Soldiers from the Romanian Armed Forces practice rescuing an injured teammate in a hostile environment scenario during the dismounted patrol portion of Exercise Platinum Wolf 2018.

Soldiers assigned to the Ohio National Guard's 838th Military Police Company prepare to clear a building while searching for potential dangerous obstacles on the road during a 5-mile dismounted patrol scenario.