Bulgaria Hosts Live Fire Strike Back 2019 Exercises

Bulgaria is hosting multinational joint military exercise Strike Back 2019 at Novo Selo Training Area June 6-20. U.S. Embassy Charge d ’Affairs Justin Friedman represented the U.S. Mission to Bulgaria at Strike Back 2019 today as a battalion demonstrated live artillery and mortar fire exercises.  Bulgaria is hosting Albanian, Greek, North Macedonian, and U.S. troops ... Read More»

By | 19 June, 2019 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: ,

Soldiers from Six Countries as Participate in Beyond Horizon Military Police Exercise in Bulgaria 

Six nations are currently participating in Beyond Horizon military police exercises at Bulgaria’s Novo Selo Training Area near Sliven. Bulgaria’s Deputy Chief of Defense Vice-Admiral Emil Eftimov, Bulgarian Military Police Director Brigadier General Borislav Sertov, and U.S. Defense Attaché Colonel Shannon Johnson attended today’s exercise in support of military service members and their hard work ... Read More»

By | 16 May, 2019 | Topics: News | Tags: ,

U.S Army Soldiers Compete in Bulgarian ‘Strong Man’ Competition

Story by  Spc. Ethan Valetski 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment   SLIVEN, Bulgaria – Without a trail to follow, and a 95-pound jug of water on each of their backs, five U.S. Soldiers hiked up the steep Bulgarian mountain. Soldiers on rotation at the Novo Selo Training Area followed in the footsteps of Hadji Dimitar, a Bulgarian revolutionary who scaled a mountain with ... Read More»

By | 13 May, 2019 | Topics: News | Tags:

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