Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė promoted Colonel Valdemaras Rupšys to brigadier general before he takes the command of the country's Land Forces later on Friday. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Major General Almantas Leika
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A new unit of the Lithuanian Land Force, the Motorised Infantry Brigade Žemaitija, founded in an official ceremony on Friday.
The Lithuanian Navy's warship fleet in Klaipėda on Monday hosted the changeover ceremony of the commander of the Navy – Fleet Admiral Kęstutis Macijauskas was replaced by Naval Captain Arūnas Mockus.
Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian defence ministers will Friday in Lviv sign an agreement on establishment of a joint military brigade.
Visiting Chief of Staff of the United States Army General Raymond T. Odierno says military exercises in the Baltic states will be of "greater sizes" in the future.
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...
The US-organized international exercise, which is starting in the three Baltic states and Poland on Monday, shows NATO solidarity with the countries in the region that have fears in connection to Russia, says Lithuanian Major General Almantas Leika who is heading the exercise.
Troops from nine NATO countries took part in the main planning conference of the Saber Strike 2015 multinational exercises at the General Adolfas Ramanauskas Warfare Training Centre in Nemenčine on February 10-13.
