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U.S. Conducts Training with Armed Forces of Lithuania

by Global Biodefense Staff
May 19, 2014

U.S. and Lithuanian soldiers participated in combined Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defense training last week as part of Exercise Black Arrow, a multinational training exercise held this year at the Gaižiūnų Training Area in Rukla, Lithuania.

American and Lithuanian Soldiers complete combined CBRN training
Paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, goes through a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear weapon decontamination station during combined training with Lithuanian Soldiers from the Iron Wolf Mechanized Infantry Brigade. Credit: A.M. LaVey/173 ABN PAO

Exercise Black Arrow is the largest tactical field training event of the Mechanised Infantry Brigade (MIB) Iron Wolf, Lithuanian Armed Forces. Approximately 1,500 military from the MIB Iron Wolf and other units of the Lithuanian Armed Forces are training alongside the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the U.S. Army in Europe (USAREUR).

173rd Airborne Brigade CBRN Decon Training

American service members will conduct similar training with NATO allies in Poland, Estonia and Latvia as part of recently announced exercises to demonstrate U.S. commitment to the alliance and increase interoperability between forces in the region.

Sources: DVIDS, Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania

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