NATO CIS Group enhances its Deployable CIS Capabilities

GORNA MALINA, Bulgaria – A new building in support of the Deployable CIS Module (DCM) ´F´ of the 2nd NATO Signal Battalion mission was unveiled during a  ribbon-cutting ceremony, on Wednesday, 14 September 2016 in Bulgaria.

The ceremony was attended by top military and government leaders of the Republic of Bulgaria, including the Chief of Defence, General Constantin Popov, and the Standing Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Mr Dobromir Totev.  NATO was represented by the Commander of NATO CIS Group, Major General Walter Huhn.

General Popov said he was “pleased and proud” to be there to inaugurate the new building, the first NATO structure to be set up in his country.

“I am happy to note that the Bulgarian authorities carried out this infrastructure project smoothly and according to plan. That fact alone is worthy of celebration, and of our gratitude to the Host nation for doing such an excellent job of project management,” said Major General Huhn.

Huhn also stated “these facilities are key enablers that make this Deployable Communication Module a functional, operational unit, ready to respond to the orders of SACEUR and NATO on a short notice-to-move tasking.”

The NATO CIS Group is the largest organization within NSC and provides all NATO deployable CIS capabilities during operations and exercises. The new infrastructure will boost NATO’s capacity to provide its deployed troops with required CIS capabilities.