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Defense Professionals January 20, 2010 Lithuanian Troops conduct winter exercise before deployment to ISAF operation in Afghanistan -Together with around 150 Lithuanian military and civilian personnel, representatives of Denmark, Georgia, Japan, the USA, Croatia, Romania, and Ukraine provide security in Ghowr. A cycle of tactical winter training will begin at he Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion. From 18 to 20 of January troops readying for mission in Afghanistan will undergo winter training in Gaiziunai Military Area (Rukla Town, Jonava Distr.) to get acquainted with main requirements for implementing tasks during the 12th rotation of Ghowr PRT in Afghanistan as well as to ways of maintaining combat readiness of troops in winter conditions. Algirdas Battalion organises the training of such a character for the first time. Participants of the exercise will have the opportunity to experience the influence of winter conditions on operations and for the individual soldier by completing practical tasks. Soldiers will conduct training in separate groups for two days each, including a night spent outside in winter. .... In separate groups soldiers will depart for separate training locations with skiing and trip equipment to gain skills of medial assistance and survival in winter....In the morning troops will conduct orientation trip on skis with assault equipment. .... After the theoretical part troops will participate in a practical exercise: climb out of an ice-hole in sub-zero air temperature..... The exercise is one of pre-mission training phases PRT-12 will have to undergo before deployment to Afghanistan. Members of the 12th rotation of the Provincial Reconstruction Team will really need basic military skills as their period of duty coincides with the winter season in Afghanistan. The event due in Gaiziunai Military Area on January 18-20 will be the first phase of training with the second coming on the first week of February. Lithuanian-led PRT headquartered in Chaghcharan, the capital city of Ghowr, took up responsibility for security in the province in June 2005.... Together with around 150 Lithuanian military and civilian personnel, representatives of Denmark, Georgia, Japan, the USA, Croatia, Romania, and Ukraine provide security in Ghowr. PRT-10 is formed on the basis of the 1st Territorial Unit of the NDVF Dainava Military District. According to the rotation schedule, the current PRT-10 will be replaced by PRT-11 formed on the basis of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Kestutis Battalion in May. The successive PRT-12 will rotate to Afghanistan in autumn of 2010; it will be formed the basis of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ============================== --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: arch...@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bNM5nn.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: antinato-unsubscr...@topica.com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
