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A new rotation of US soldiers, deployed in Lithuania with heavy combat equipment, has arrived and will begin their shift the next week.
The rotating US contingents have been deployed in the Baltic States and Poland since spring 2014 as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, a reassurance to NATO allies of US commitments to collective defense in the light of Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
The first group of US soldiers came Sunday evening, while the main component is expected to arrive within coming days.
Alongside the military personnel of the Lithuanian Land Force, they will be attending combined training events and improving interoperability, the Ministry of Defense reports.
Lithuania is providing full Host Nation Support to the rotating US forces.
US soldiers have brought heavy combat equipment such as Stryker multi-purpose armored wheeled personnel carriers.
The US military presence will be maintained in Lithuania until the end of this year, but Lithuania seeks to have the rotating US military presence in its territory longer.
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Vs of American equipment unloaded in Klaipeda port
Soundbite (Lithuanian), captain ERVINAS TYLERTAS, representative of Lithuanian Army, Movement control center:
It is an American equipment from Germany, from Kiel port. There under 150 units of equipment. As you can see it is armored wheeled military equipment and other transportation equipment.
More of unloading
7 окт 2024
