The European Union(EU) will conduct its third military exercise(MILEX08) from 19 to 27 june 2008 in the framework of the European Security and Defence Policy(ESDP).
MILEX 08 is a Command Post Exercise(CPX) and will focus on key military aspects of crisis management.
No troops will be deployed. During the conduct of the exercise, the EU Operation Headquarters(OHQ) in Rome will be activated for the first time.