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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.
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.
People driving on the old ‘Palanga’ road, near ‘Nemirseta’ settlement, have no clue that 21 years ago exactly in this place the history of Lithuanian Combat Divers started.
People driving on the old ‘Palanga’ road, near ‘Nemirseta’ settlement, have no clue that 21 years ago exactly in this place the history of Lithuanian Combat Divers started.
People driving on the old ‘Palanga’ road, near ‘Nemirseta’ settlement, have no clue that 21 years ago exactly in this place the history of Lithuanian Combat Divers started.
Lithuania's Armed Forces expect to receive artillery systems from Germany in 2016.
Lithuania's Armed Forces cannot do without conscripts, they are needed all the time, not for five years only, says opposition leader Andrius Kubilius.
Lithuania's Armed Forces and the United States government are in talks about leaving some of the US weaponry in Lithuania, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says.
Lithuania's Armed Forces is Thursday starting to send out induction papers to reserve soldiers for one-day mobilization exercise to check the performance of the mobilization system.
Chairman of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee, Artūras Paulauskas, says that the first conscripts, around 1,600 of them, will be drafted in August-September. Another 1,400 should be drafted in November-December and thus the total number will stand at 3,000.
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Margarita Šešelgytė, Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. Lithuania is planning to reintroduce a conscript army. It has been announced rather suddenly. We asked Ms. Šešelgytė to comment...
Israel's first ambassador residing in Vilnius, Amir Maimon, says Lithuania should be more active in inviting tourists from his country and step up cooperation in the fields of defence and high technologies.
Lithuania's Armed Forces should step up its artillery capacities by purchasing 155mm self-propelled howitzers, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Tuesday.
On 29-30 January, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas is attending the annual Nordic-Baltic Chiefs of Defence meeting in Kongsvinger, Norway, Lithuania's Armed Forces said.
Lithuanian citizen Romualdas Lipskis, former employee of Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) suspected of spying, tells the court he is not guilty.
Starting in 2015, Lithuania's Armed Forces will enrol young men and women who meet requirements, even if they do not have initial military training, the Ministry of National Defence said.
Lithuania's Armed Forces should enrol about 1,000 new privates every year, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said at a discussion in parliament on Friday.
