Over 500 US Army soldiers are coming to Lithuania in October for a half-year rotation, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
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The NATO summit in Warsaw has been lauded as historical, a breaking point that gave the Baltic states and Poland a reason to celebrate and stop fearing potential aggression from Russia.
During a press conference in Vilnius, Ben Hodges, the commanding general of the US Army in Europe, said that the US and other NATO countries were tired of responding to unexpected moves from Russia and that they would have to take the initiative.
Central and Eastern Europe needs real, not symbolic capacities to deter Russia, according to US Army Europe Commander Lieutenant General Ben Hodges.
US Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the commander of the US Army in Europe, said that US forces must act as a deterrent to any potential threat in Europe in an interview with Lithuania's national broadcaster.
Heavy equipment has some limitations in the Baltic terrain, a US Army Europe delegation has concluded after visiting Latvia, the US military magazine Stars and Stripes reports.
Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian defence ministers will Friday in Lviv sign an agreement on establishment of a joint military brigade.
Paratroopers of NATO forces landed above the Kaunas airport in Lithuania in early hours of Wednesday in an exercise to take over an airport seized by the enemy.
On 8 June, Field Training Exercise (FTX), Phase II of Exercise Saber Strike 2015, was formally declared open at the Lithuanian Armed Forces' General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabrade and the parade ground of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion, Lithuania's Mi...
An international exercise Saber Strike 2015 will start concurrently in the three Baltic states and Poland on Monday to train roughly 6,000 troops from 13 NATO Allies and partner nations, concentrating the largest Allied capabilities on the soil of Lithuania since accession to NATO.
US Army Europe will soon dispatch a survey team to the Baltic states, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria to scout locations for tanks and other military hardware as part of the efforts to boost US military presence in the region, a high-ranking US general has said.
Troops of the United States will remain in the Baltic states and Poland for at least another year to deter Russia, commander of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) Lieutenant General Ben Hodges stated in Vilnius on Sunday.
United States troops will stay in Lithuania as long as it takes to deter Russia, commander of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) Lieutenant General Ben Hodges stated on 23 November.
