GTEP Robbery at Training Field

News broke on March 9 that $150,000 was stolen from the Krtsanisi military training field near Tbilisi, which is used by the U.S. military instructors to train Georgia troops within the U.S.-funded Georgia Train-and-Equip Program (GTEP), on March 4.

Officials say thieves stole a 100-kg safe containing $150,000 and other personal valuables belonging to U.S. military instructors.

?The training center is extremely well guarded facility,? Gela Bezhuashvili, the Georgian Defense Minister, told RFE/RL?s Georgian service.