Mongolian peacekeepers have been taken part in many operations under UN mandate - from Kosovo to Afghanistan and various missions in Africa. The exercise mainly helped them at the beginning. This year's Khaan Quest involved a battalion, which will replace current Mongolian mission in South Sudan shortly after the exercise. Gradually, however, a good training conditions, terrain and usefulness of training areas (by surveillance staff, intervention and combating soldiers, humanitarian, and others, for example: veterinary staffs) attract more foreign observers and participants. This year’s exercise involved military experts and instructors from 24 countries, which set record level in its history, with the largest number of troops sent from, except Mongolia, USA, Indonesia, Tajikistan and South Korea where a smaller number of soldiers came from Czech Republic, Hungary, the PRC, Japan and India as an observer. Thanks to this experience, Mongolian training field is running to be included into the network of NATO military training fields. 

The opening ceremony was remarked by Defense Minister of Mongolia Mr. D. Bat-Erdene, where leading Generals of all units of Mongolian Armed Forces, the Ambassador from Czech Republic to Mongolia Ms. Ivana Grollova, Defense Attache accredited to Mongolia Colonel. J. Hacker and Ministry of Defense delegations led by General R. Pilcem were present. With a role of instructor and staff instructor, latter four members of the 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion of Prostějov headed by its commander Colonel Sabel are expected to participate in the field exercises. The exercise is set to last on 1 July 2014.