About Resolute Castle

Exercise Resolute Castle is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa led, multinational, joint exercise which marries U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard, as well as allied and partner nation engineering unit training opportunities with the completion of real world construction projects that enhance training capabilities in various areas of Europe's eastern member-states. Resolute Castle is designed to reinforce regional partnerships and promote interoperability with host nation forces by providing improvements to existing infrastructure.

Resolute Castle 24 utilizes U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and NATO engineers to increase partner capacity and strengthen capabilities across NATO’s eastern member states through real-world engineer-related training and the expansion of infrastructure in support of defender-series exercises.

 

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Reconstruction of Mosul University
Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve
Sept. 3, 2018 | 2:49
The University of Mosul is a public university located in Mosul, Iraq. It is one of the largest educational and research centers in the Middle East, and the second largest in Iraq, behind the University of Baghdad. The University of Mosul was closed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in 2014 but reopened a few months later with new buildings and courses. Over 8,000 books and 100,000 manuscripts in its library were allegedly destroyed. The university was considered to be a base for ISIS and was hit by Coalition airstrikes in March 2016 in order to remove members of ISIS. Iraqi forces recaptured the campus in January 2017. The United Nations is currently funding a reconstruction project through a local company, tasked with removing debris and rebuilding over seventeen structures on the campus. Some of the restored facilities include the electrical engineering building, labs for mechanical and civil engineering students, the veterinarian building, computer programming building, and student housing. Coalition forces, along with partner forces such as Mosul SWAT, continue to provide security in the Mosul area in order to support stabilization and reconstruction efforts. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Rodney Roldan)
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