The United States and Germany say that NATO will not build any new bases in countries like Poland.
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The US will send more troops to Lithuania as it starts it preparations to step up its presence and capabilities in Europe, said United States Army Europe Commander Lieutenant General Ben Hodges.
One cannot choose one's neighbours. We have been assigned ours by history and geography. Lithuania has not been dealt a good hand. Although historic threats from Germany have retreated, Russia remains a dangerous neighbour. Lithuania will be vulnerable until Russia undergoes a radical transformation...
Analysis published by US analysts, suggesting that NATO should step up the military security of the Baltic states, is a “good warning for the Allies,” says Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas.
After official announcement of the US plans to quadruple its defence budget for Europe, Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says this would mean deployment of a larger number of US troops and equipment in Lithuania.
A new rotation of US forces is arriving in Lithuania on Monday. The military unit, complete with Stryker armoured transporters, is the ninth American dispatch of troops to take part in joint training with the Lithuanian army.
The Baltic states have asked NATO's leaders and chiefs of defence of the Alliance's member-states for constant rotation of Allied forces, although decisions will be made by politicians, Lithuania's Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas stated on Saturday.
On 11 September, troops of the Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment and soldiers of the rotating forces deployed in Lithuania commemorated the 11 September, 2011 terrorist attack in the United States during morning formation.
After completing two months of exercise and training with troops of the Grand Duchess Birutė Battalion in Alytus, US rotational troops will now continue their exercise in Panevėžys, northern Lithuania.
On 1 July, a US Air Force's C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft landed at Vilnius International Airport bringing 80 members of the Germany-based 4th Infantry Division's Mission Command Element (MCE) under the command of Brigadier General Michael Tarsa for combined training in Lithuania, the Mini...
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and John Boehner, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, discussed Lithuanian and regional security issues, the situation in Ukraine, and military and economic cooperation between Lithuania and the US during their meeting in Vilnius on Saturday.
The Saber Strike 2015 exercise held in the Baltic states by NATO has nothing to do with the Alliance's alleged preparations for some annexation, says the chief of the training, US Major General Mark McQueen.
At a press conference at the Latvian Foreign Ministry, United States Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute said that Russia's aggressive actions in Crimea and Donbas had completely changed the rules of the game. NATO must therefore prepare for future challenges and offer the necessary support to its partn...
About 40 soldiers of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces will start an exercise in the United States with US troops on Monday.
Chiefs of defence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have sent a letter to Commander of the US European Command General Philip Breedlove, asking to deploy a brigade-sized unit in the region.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has so far refused to elaborate on the Baltic call for deployment of a permanent brigade in the territories in an effort to deter Russia.
The three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, will ask NATO leadership to deploy a permanent brigade in an effort to deter Russia, the Lithuanian army's spokesman said on Thursday.
A group of US soldiers have underlined NATO's collective defence commitment during their Friday visit to the Seimas of Lithuania.
John Shimkus, the only US Republican congressman of close Lithuanian descent, says he is proud of Lithuania being such a staunch ally of the United States, with the ties deeply rooted in the two countries’ long-standing political, economic and cultural collaboration.
US troops, who arrived in Lithuania for a joint NATO exercise on 8-9 April, tried out their M1A2 Abrams tanks.
