The United States, which has 28,000 troops in South Korea, has hurriedly announced plans for several joint military exercises in the coming month.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev referred to the conflict during Thursday's signing ceremony, saying it happened too recently to justify NATO exercises in Georgia scheduled to begin May 6.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Officials in Georgia say troops at a tank battalion at the Mukhrovani base about 30 kilometers from Tbilisi staged a rebellion aimed at overthrowing the government and also disrupting Wednesday's start of NATO military exercises in the republic.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

The purpose of these exercises is to save lives in the future, when Marines are sent out on real missions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

Most of the developed world has gone through exercises to prepare their systems in the event of a pandemic.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

For Lieutenant Lilly Alexei, the military exercises today may be vital practice for real battles in the future.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

But they say future exercises will be held off the west coast -- in the Yellow Sea.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Fascinated by the training exercises conducted at the base, she promised herself she would enlist in the Marines when she was old enough.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

Army Colonel James Larsen is the chief of training exercises: "The most important thing that they can learn is how to operate in this environment."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

During the exercises, military observers stay in the background taking notes with suggestions for improvement.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Naidoo added that police and defense forces also successfully carried out two security simulation exercises during the recent national elections and international cricket tournament in South Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

Colonel James Larsen, the chief of training exercises, says the simulated training is vital, even for medical personnel who have experience in treating soldiers with war injuries.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

And cities across the United States will continue to prepare for the worst, in exercises like this one, so if another attack occurs, they will be ready for it.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

Georgian political analyst Romaz Sakbarelidze at the Strategic Research Center in Tbilisi noted the NATO exercises were planned long before the August conflict, and said it would send the wrong political signal to cancel them now.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30