Lithuanian Land Force

On Thursday, the US rotational battalions will change over during a ceremony at General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area at Pabradė, the National Defence Ministry reports.

Over 500 US Army soldiers are coming to Lithuania in October for a half-year rotation, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

The 11th rotation of Lithuanian army instructors was seen off to Ukraine on Thursday to take part in a military training operation.

Representatives of the Lithuanian Land Force and the 28th Infantry Division (28ID) of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and subordinate units are set to sign an agreement in Vilnius on Friday on the development of a division-level command and control (C2) capability.

The Lithuanian parliament gave on Thursday the green light for the appointment of Major General Valdemaras Rupsys as the country's chief of defense.

Lithuania's Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis on Monday proposed Major General Valdemaras Rupsys for the country's chief of defense.

Around 400 Lithuanian troops this month are starting their standby duty in the NATO Response Force (NRF) and the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), the Defence Ministry said on Monday.

The Lithuanian Armed Forces will fire the first shots from the self-propelled PzH 2000 howitzers acquired from Germany at home in a military exercise on Tuesday. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuanian warship M53 Skalvis began a shift in the NATO Response Force last week. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

A new unit of the Lithuanian Land Force, the Motorised Infantry Brigade Žemaitija, founded in an official ceremony on Friday.

The Lithuanian Land Force in Western Lithuania are establishing a second motorised infantry brigade with its headquarters in Klaipėda.

Starting on 1 January, 2016, a new motorized infantry brigade named Žemaitija will be formed in Western Lithuania.

On 1 January 2016, about 700 Lithuanian soldiers with infantry equipment and vehicles will begin to stand by for the NATO and EU rapid response forces.

Lithuania is planning to buy 220 javelin anti-tank missiles, along with 74 launch units, from the United States at a cost of over €50 million.

Lithuanian soldiers assigned to various units of the Lithuanian Land Force take part in a spectrum of multinational training events and military competitions in Germany, Latvia, Spain and the United Kingdom, the Ministry of National Defence reports.

Fifty-two Belgian soldiers arrived in Lithuania on Monday, mainly logistics specialists who will prepare to host 270 more troops from Belgium and Luxembourg along with a few dozen pieces of military equipment arriving later this week.

On 21 September, a delegation from the Pennsylvania National Guard (PANG) NCO corps headed by Command Sergeant Major Michael Gundrum paid a visit to the headquarters of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Force (NDVF).

A joint training of Lithuanian and United States troops, King's Strike 2015, is starting in Panevėžys, northern Lithuania, on Monday.

“The Establishment of a NATO headquarters in Lithuania and six other Allies testifies that NATO is taking all necessary steps to provide security to its member states and to be prepared to implement the tasks necessary to deter anyone attempting on the security and territorial integrity of any of th...

Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian defence ministers will Friday in Lviv sign an agreement on establishment of a joint military brigade.