US Rotation Forces Division to Hold Final Drills in Lithuania on Thursday

© AFP 2023 / Petras MalukasLithuanian army soldiers take part in an exercise following the official opening of a military training centre for urban warfare in Pabrade, Lithuania, on August 30, 2016
Lithuanian army soldiers take part in an exercise following the official opening of a military training centre for urban warfare in Pabrade, Lithuania, on August 30, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The US Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, on rotation in Lithuania as part of a NATO operation, will carry out the final training exercises in the Baltic country on Thursday.

US Army Europe Commanding General Ben Hodges speaks during the inauguration ceremony of bilateral military training between US and Polish troops in Zagan, Poland, January 30, 2017. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The US rotation forces’ Able division will practice "shooting and building cleaning skills" at a training facility in Gen. Zukauskas polygon.

The combat team, including 280 personnel, started its rotation in September 2016 and carried out joint exercises with Lithuanian ground forces.

US troops have been on rotation in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland since spring of 2014 as part the US-led NATO Operation Atlantic Resolve.

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