Lithuania: NATO troops hold joint Baltic Piranha drills

Joint NATO military exercises took place at the Pabrade military ground on Thursday as part of the month-long Baltic Piranha 2016 drills. Some 350 soldiers from Luxembourg, Belgium, and the USA took part in the exercises alongside Lithuania’s armed forces in a bid to strengthen joint capabilities. The Grand Duke Kestutis Mechanized Infantry Battalion, the 5th Territorial Unit of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces, and the United States’ 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, were among the grou