Khaan Quest

Multinational soldiers during the opening ceremony of Khaan Quest 2016

Khaan Quest (Mongolian: Хааны эрэлд) is an annual military exercise held in Mongolia for a week in the summer. It brings together over a dozen foreign militaries to engage in the sharing of practices for multinational peacekeeping operations.[1] In the exercise, personnel gain United Nations peacekeeper training as well as certification for support of peacekeeping operations.[2] According to Mongolian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Tserendejidiin Byambajav (2014), "Khaan Quest has become one of the signature training events for the participating nations and one of the biggest peacekeeping exercise in the world."[3]

Since its establishment in 2003, it has been held in the Five Hills Training Area. It only became an international exercise in 2006, originally being a bilateral exercise between the Mongolian Armed Forces and the United States Indo-Pacific Command.[4][5][6] This annual exercise is usually opened opening ceremony by the President of Mongolia and Commander-in-Chief of the Mongolian Armed Forces. Khaan Quest exercise consists of three major training events. They are Command Post Exercise, Field Training Exercise, and Critical Capability Enhancement Training. in June 2026, it celebrated 20th anniversary of the exercise that became multilateral training event. Since 2006, 72 countries with over 23000 soldiers have participated in this the biggest Peacekeeping Operations exercise.

Participants

The following nations are regular annual participants, frequently deploying active combat troops and command personnel to the drills:[7][8][9]

A wider range of global militaries have sent personnel or medical delegations to past iterations:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DVIDS - Exercise Khaan Quest 2019". DVIDS.
  2. ↑ "Mongolian and U.S. Announce Their Participation in Khaan Quest 2019". U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
  3. ↑ Miller, J. Berkshire. "UN Peacekeeping Exercise 'Khaan Quest' Marks 10 Year Anniversary". Forbes.
  4. ↑ "Int'l peacekeeping exercise Khaan Quest 2018 begins in Mongolia - China Military". eng.chinamil.com.cn.
  5. ↑ "Asia-Pacific Defense FORUM". CINCPAC. July 12, 2012 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Schoff, James L. (July 12, 2005). Tools for Trilateralism: Improving U.S.-Japan-Korea Cooperation to Manage Complex Contingencies. Potomac Books. ISBN 9781574889833 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Multilateral Peacekeeping Khaan Quest 24 kicks off with opening ceremony
  8. ↑ 30 Nations Arrive in Mongolia for Peacekeeping Exercise
  9. ↑ Khaan Quest demonstrates ‘strength and resolve’ of partners to seek peace

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