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Lithuanian MPs on Thursday voted for a law establishing military training areas in the western districts of Tauragė and Šilalė.

President’s chief national security adviser Kęstutis Budrys notes that Lithuania still needs more military training areas and the matter will be discussed with municipalities.

The State Defence Council (VGT) has approved a proposal to establish military training areas in the districts of Tauragė and Šilalė, western Lithuania.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė says it would take around five years for Lithuania to be ready for universal conscription. This time span would see the training of the required number of non-commissioned officers and officers, installation of the necessary infrastructure and procurement of weapons, ...

Lithuania's government on Wednesday gave permission to fell part of the forests in Svencionys and Jonava Districts for the expansion of the Pabrade and Gaiziunai military training areas.

Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis supports the re-introduction of military training at schools, an idea raised by Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU).

Mandatory initial military service should be reintroduced in Lithuania for good rather than for five years, the State Defence Council decided on Monday.

US tanks M1A2 Abrams arrived in Lithuania, Rukla, on Sunday. The tanks will be used in joint Lithuanian–US training.

A joint combat training event, scheduled to last for almost two weeks, is starting in the Lithuanian town of Pabradė on Monday and will involve more than 100 troops from Lithuania's Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion and around 80 American soldiers.

Amidst the diversity of the modern special operation forces, naval special tactical force holds a special status. Combat Divers are ready to operate within inland waterways and to perform a wide range of tasks in marine, coastal and aquatic environments.

Shooting is an integral part of every modern soldier‘s skill set and one of key elements of special tactics.

Shooting is an integral part of every modern soldier‘s skill set and one of key elements of special tactics.

Combat Diver – historically one of the most secretive, highly motivated and extremely physically fit soldier able to operate both in water and on land.

Combat Diver – historically one of the most secretive, highly motivated and extremely physically fit soldier able to operate both in water and on land.

Deividas Šlekys, military expert and lecturer at Vilnius University, discusses the nature of warfare and how it has transformed under liberal democracy.

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Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė paid a visit to the Training Regiment located in Rukla and said that the infrastructure is of the highest NATO standards.