More than 500 U.S. soldiers and dozens of tanks and heavy fighting vehicles are deployed to Lithuania to bulk up NATO’s eastern flank. US Army armored cavalry troops exercised in Lithuania after training alongside NATO Allies for several months.
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| U.S. soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment from Fort Hood, Texas, and multinational partner forces engage in the first day of a Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise (CALFEX) in Pabrade, Lithuania on Feb. 11, 2020 (Picture source: U.S. Army/Maj. Stephanie Thomas) |
