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International military exercises are an important element of NATO's operation. Their organization and implementation is related to the observance of numerous standards and regulations whose task is to strengthen the system of cooperation and command and to eliminate barriers and potential threats. Special tasks in the HNS system are entrusted to logistics that creates opportunities for effective implementation of tasks and overcoming space-time barriers. Attention should be paid to the wide variety of these tasks at the strategic level as well as the operational or tactical level. Their proper identification is a factor significantly affecting the implementation of cooperation between allied armies, as well as between the military and civilian environments. The aim of the article is to present HNS regulations and their consequences for the identification and implementation of tasks in the sphere of physical flows related to international military exercises. The article is based on the analysis of formal and legal documents and information obtained from the national HNS system.

Keywords: International military exercises, logistics, Host Nation Support (HNS), NATO’s regulations

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