NATO units set for Lithuania and five other eastern member states

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soldiers in Stryker armored vehicles arrive at Smardan Training Area, Romania, on March 24. The soldiers, assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, participated in Saber Junction 15, which included 5,000 troops from 17 nations that are NATO allies and partners. Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn/Army

 

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US tanks to participate in combat firing exercise in Lithuania - EN.DELFI

BNS
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

• US troops currently in Lithuania will Wednesday perform the first combat firing with main combat tanks M1A2 Abrams, the Ministry of National Defence said.
  
  
  
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  The joint exercise of Lithuanian and US troops will last for two days.
  
  The joint shift of US troops who came from their permanent bases in Fort Stewart (US) and Vilseck (Germany) includes approximately 150 soldiers and is equipped with about 20 vehicles, including five M1A2 Abrams tanks.
  
  The equipment of US rotational troops has been moved from the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vaidotas Mechanized Infantry Battalion in Rukla to the General Silvestras Žukauskas training grounds in Pabradė.
  
  In an effort to step up security of the Baltic states, US rotational land forces have been deployed permanently in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as well as Poland since April 2014.

 

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United Kingdom military General Richard Barrons visit to Lithuania.

 

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Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania :: News » News Releases
2015.04.09

U.S. soldiers deployed to Lithuania for combined training conducted their first tank live fire exercise on Lithuanian soil with M1A2 Abrams MBTs on April 8 through 9 at the Pabradės Training Area.

The new shift of the rotating U.S. forces, the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army in Europe, deployed to Lithuania from their home bases in Fort Stewart (Georgia, U.S.), and Vilseck (Germany) The rotation comprises roughly 150 soldiers and roughly 20 vehicles, including five M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks.

At present the materiel of the rotating U.S. forces is moved from the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vaidotas Mechanised Infantry Battalion in Rukla to the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabradė.

The United States of America has been maintaining a persistent presence of rotating land forces on the ground in the Baltic States and Poland since April 2014. The U.S. ground forces Operation Atlantic Resolve led by the U.S. Army in Europe HQ demonstrates U.S. commitment and interoperability with NATO allies in ensuring security the region.

 

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A US military fighter jet participates in a NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission practice mission in the Tapa training area, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Tallinn, Estonia.

 

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April 11 th., On Saturday to be held in Lithuania international exercise Fire thunder 2015 arrives the United States Land Forces 155 mm self-propelled howitzer platoon from 1-41 Field Artillery Battalion. Soldiers exercise brought four artillery systems M109A6 Paladin "and other logistical equipment.

US Army Artillery System "Paladin" - is 155 mm self-propelled artillery cannon armed with a howitzer, which prima time US land forces were introduced back in the 1960s. In Lithuania was shipped already the ninth generation of these weapons models M109A6 Paladin, with a maximum firing range of up to 30 km. One artillery system crew consists of 6 members - commander, shooter, shooter's assistant, driver and 2

7 April. Latvia, Adazi training ground, started a two-week-long exercises, which is training for duty in 2016 in the NATO Response Force (Eng. NATO Responce Force NRF) assigned to joint Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian troops compound - BALTBAT battalion.

NRF specially formed trilateral battalion consists of two Estonian Battle Company, and one company each from Latvia and Lithuania, Lithuanian and Estonian anti-tank platoons, Lithuanian mortar platoon, support element and consisting of representatives of all parties headquarters, a total of about 700 soldiers from their Lithuanian soldiers - the 200th

Most of the battalion is Lithuanian contingent of King Mindaugas Battalion hussars.

 

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Four M1A2 Abrams tanks with crews from Team Eagle, TF 2-7 IN, 1ABCT, 3ID from Fort Stewart, Ga., fire their 120 mm main guns on Thursday for the first time in Lithuania. Sgt. Uriah Walker/Army

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division on an M1A2 Abrams battle tank during a military exercise at the Gaiziunu Training Range in Pabrade about 38 miles north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, on Thursday. Mindaugas Kulbis/AP

 

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

• US Paladin artillery systems were brought to Lithuania on Saturday for the first time for an international exercise.
  
  
  
  Paladin
  The system will be used for the Fire Thunder 2015 exercise, which will kick off next week and involve 450 troops from Lithuania, the United States, Poland and Portugal.
  
  Senior Lieutenant Andrius Dilba, public relations officer for the Lithuanian Land Forces, told BNS the artillery systems arrived in Lithuania at about 10:30 a.m. local time on Saturday and are currently being transported from the port city of Klaipėda to training grounds in the Klaipėda district.
  
  A US platoon with four 155mm self-propelled howitzers and logistic equipment has arrived in Lithuania for the training, also bringing four artillery systems, the Defense Ministry said.
  
  
  According to the press release, the Paladin artillery system of the US Armed Forces was introduced in the US Army in 1960. M109A6 Paladin brought to Lithuania is the ninth-generation model with the maximum firing range of 30km. One artillery system is manned by a crew of six – the commander, the gunner, the gunner’s assistant, the driver and two ammunition loaders.
  
  Organized in Lithuania by the Lithuanian Land Force of the Lithuanian Armed Forces for the third time in a row. The international exercise Fire Thunder is scheduled to start on 24 April.

 

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Estonian Drones and Army Pictures

United States Airforce Exercises in Estonia.
25-26.03.2015

 

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In the evening of April 14 Federal Minister of Defence Dr Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Lithuania for an official visit. The guest was met by Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas at Vilnius International Airport.

On April 15 the Ministers will discuss the security situation in the region, Germany’s participation in military exercises held in Lithuania, establishment of the NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) in Lithuania, acquisition of weaponry, and other points of Lithuanian-German security and defence cooperation.

Germany will have deployed one company with military equipment in Lithuania by July. It will join the combined training with Lithuanian, U.S. and Portuguese soldiers. Another group of German military personnel will arrive in Lithuania in autumn to take part in Exercise Iron Wolf. The total of over 500 German soldiers is expected to come to Lithuania this year.



“We are genuinely grateful to the Federal Minister of Defence for the attention to our region and will do our best to provide as good training conditions for German soldiers as possible. Political and military support from Germany is an extremely important factor in ensuring our security,” J. Olekas said.



The Defence Ministers also addressed the establishment of the NATO Force Integration Units (NFIUs) and deployment of the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF). The German guest informed about her country’s plans to post military personnel to the NFIUs to be established in the Baltic States and other Eastern European countries.



“Ensuring security and defence in the region is not only a concern of NATO allies, but primarily of Lithuania itself. Accordingly, Lithuania began consistently increasing defence financing over the several past years, it is expected to reach 1.46 pct. of GDP next year,” J. Olekas.



According to the Minister of National Defence, one of the priority areas of defence capacity building is increasing the strength of the Lithuanian Land Force.



“Federal Defence Minister and I discussed the possibility for Lithuania to buy Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000) self-propelled artillery systems from Germany and we have received a positive answer. That allows us to begin concrete negotiations in May that, let’s hope, will lead us to acquisition of the so-needed capabilities in the nearest future,” the Lithuanian Minister of National Defence said.

Lithuania is also looking into the possibility of acquiring infantry fighting vehicles from a German manufacturer.

According to J.Olekas, Lithuania is interested in developing joint acquisition projects with Germany so that our soldiers would not only regularly train together but would also use similar weaponry.

 

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Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania :: News » News Releases
2015.04.21

On April 22 Distinguished Visitors and Media Day will take place at Exercise Flaming Thunder 2015 at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabradė.

The event will be attended by the Minister of National Defence, Juozas Olekas, the Chief of Defence of Lithuania, Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas, the Commander of the Lithuanian Land Force, Major General Almantas Leika, and leadership of other units of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.


The exercise has now moved from the coastal area to Pabradė, and is now training Lithuania, U.S., Portuguese and Polish mortar platoons indirect fire support. The firing exercise will be attended military personnel of the General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion, the Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion, the Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion, Algirdas and Kęstutis Mechanised Infantry Battalions, and territorial units of the National Defence Volunteer Force. The training audience from NATO allies are: the M109A6 Paladin Howitzer Platoon of the 1-41 Field Artillery Battalion, the United States Army in Europe, ta 120mm mortar platoon from the 15th Mechanised Brigade of Poland, a 120mm mortar platoon from the 2-7 Infantry Battalion of the United States, and a 81mm mortar platoon from a reconnaissance company of Portugal.

Flaming Thunder in an annual international exercise organised by the Lithuanian Land Force, Lithuanian Armed Forces, in Lithuania for the third time in a row. The number of participating NATO allies increases each the year just like the intensity of the exercise.

 

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German Soldiers in Lithuania 21 April 2015

 

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On April 22 Distinguished Visitors and Media Day will take place at Exercise Flaming Thunder 2015 at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabradė.

The event will be attended by the Minister of National Defence, Juozas Olekas, the Chief of Defence of Lithuania, Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas, the Commander of the Lithuanian Land Force, Major General Almantas Leika, and leadership of other units of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

The exercise has now moved from the coastal area to Pabradė, and is now training Lithuania, U.S., Portuguese and Polish mortar platoons indirect fire support. The firing exercise will be attended military personnel of the General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion, the Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion, the Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion, Algirdas and Kęstutis Mechanised Infantry Battalions, and territorial units of the National Defence Volunteer Force. The training audience from NATO allies are: the M109A6 Paladin Howitzer Platoon of the 1-41 Field Artillery Battalion, the United States Army in Europe, ta 120mm mortar platoon from the 15th Mechanised Brigade of Poland, a 120mm mortar platoon from the 2-7 Infantry Battalion of the United States, and a 81mm mortar platoon from a reconnaissance company of Portugal.

Flaming Thunder in an annual international exercise organised by the Lithuanian Land Force, Lithuanian Armed Forces, in Lithuania for the third time in a row. The number of participating NATO allies increases each the year just like the intensity of the exercise.

 

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Latvia military logistics

8 May 2015

 

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2015.05.15
Celebration - in Lithuania deployed NATO allies squad

Celebrations visitors will also be able to meet on the ground in the Norwegian and Italian Air Force soldiers, who are currently engaged in the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic States and protects our airspace .. Land Force tents will be located in the US 3rd Infantry Division, the 1st Brigade Battle Group, 2nd Battalion Company of soldiers who have to feast atsigabens even used their tanks "M1A2 Abrams. It is also an event attended by the German troops of the French-German Brigade 292 th Jaeger Battalion and the Portuguese spies from the 6th Cavalry Regiment Mechanised Brigade.

Air Force tent located NATO allies holidays will tell visitors about their profession, will try airmen, inspect clothing and other equipment. You can also get acquainted with the rescue and survival equipment, inspect the tent comes on next to the helicopter Mi-8. It will also be closer to inspect air defense missile battalion presented Stinger launcher system and air defense complex.

From the gun to the artillery gun from an SUV to armored HMMWV M113 - all infantry weapons and fighting techniques introduce large forces to the feast atgabensiantys Land Force. Mechanised Infantry Brigade "Iron Wolf" will equip the operational headquarters, where people will be able to visit to see where is the leadership battle.