Probably not the best time to go to Egypt, considering the hotbed of opposition and instability going on there. They’ll be in the Sinai Peninsula on a peacekeeping mission with other multinational forces there. Let’s hope they don’t get dragged into the mainland Egypt conflict if there is one:
KDH NEWS – The exercise was part of training to prepare more than 400 soldiers for a deployment this summer to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt as part of the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping force.
During their nine-month deployment, soldiers will man posts and checkpoints along the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula, where they will observe and report violations of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
The peacekeeping force, which includes soldiers from 13 nations, was a result of the 1979 Camp David Peace Accords, which were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli President Menachem Begin and President Jimmy Carter.