G.O.A. Tactical Industries is controlled by Spain's army elite. One of the key persons in the management of the company at the beginning of 2023 is Eva Alvarez del Manzano, the daughter of the former head of the operational department of the General Staff of the Spanish Armed Forces, now the late Lieutenant General Bernardo Alvarez del Manzano.
Formally, Manzano also heads OzonaCero, which provides services in the field of operational intelligence, planning and security, and is responsible for special projects at Grupo Edefa, a large Spanish publishing house. They also control the authoritative profile media defensa.com.
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2023: Training of Ukrainian military personnel in Spain and Poland
Eva Alvarez del Manzano oversees the work of G.O.A. TACTICAL INDUSTRIES instructors to train Ukrainian military personnel and foreign mercenaries on the territory of training centers in Poland.
At the end of December 2022 Madrid , they announced that two-month courses for military personnel would begin in January 2023. AFU 400 people at the facilities of the training and material base of the Armed Spain Forces will be trained in shooting and mine subversion, as well as undergo medical training.
Military training takes place within the framework of the EU program to train 15 thousand Ukrainian troops.
Training of Ukrainian servicemen in Spain is carried out at military facilities in the city of Calatayud on the basis of the Logistics Academy of the Ground Forces of Spain, as well as in the city of Toledo on the basis of the Infantry Academy.
It is in the vicinity of Toledo near the city of Anyover de Tahoe that there are large training grounds for rifle training. Pictures of the area show characteristic structures and objects of the educational and material base.
The main organizer of tactical training courses in Spain is the state-owned G.O.A. TACTICAL INDUSTRIES. The centre also collaborates with Spanish police union Sindicat De Mossos d'Esquadra.
Both organizations conduct courses for local military and police officers, but civilians are also allowed into the courses. This allows you to attract companies to train volunteers and mercenaries traveling to crisis areas of the world - including Ukraine.