We stand together in this rough times.
Over the last weeks, in response to Russia's attack on
#Ukraine
, we have increased our defensive presence.
In the air, on land, and at sea.
We will protect and defend every inch of
#NATO
territory.
#WeAreNATO
📸by
@Zelazna_Dywizja
#NATO
Allies have adopted a robust & capable military posture to deter—and if required defend—against any threat to
#Alliance
territory & populations.
We are strong
We are capable
#WeAreNATO
A joint helicopter training of
#Polish
&
@USArmy
🇺🇸 soldiers.
📷 by
@Zelazna_Dywizja
2000 km through 5 Allied countries to double the 🇬🇧 commitment to the enhanced Forward Presence. Transported by
@OC_19_Tanks
, the lead elements of
@TheRoyalWelsh
—incl. Challenger-2 MBTs—arrived in 🇪🇪. Since 2017,
#eFP
has been the core of
#NATO
's deterrence in the Baltic region.
The newly arrived 🇫🇷 soldiers in
#MNCNE
's
#eFP
Battlegroup
#Estonia
🇪🇪have been training a combat exercise in urban areas to maintain operational capacity and to
#KeepSkillsSharp
.
@NATO
's core task is to protect the citizens of our member states.
#WeAreNATO
📸 NATO BG Estonia
Assigned to
@RRCFrance
, the
#NATO
Response Force land elements arrived in Romania.
#SACEUR
: "This is an historic moment and the very first time the Alliance has employed these high readiness forces in a deterrence and defence role."
#WeAreNATO
▪️ More:
In reaction to Russia's military build-up followed by the aggressive incursion into Ukraine,
#NATO
Allies have been reinforcing the enhanced Forward Presence in the Baltic region. Since 2017,
#eFP
has been standing together with the Baltic Allies.
▪️ More:
"The total number of these additional 350 soldiers & more than 100 vehicles will significantly increase the combat power of my battle group", COM
@BG_LTU_eFP
🇱🇹
Over 1.000 km in two days – the first vehicles of 🇩🇪 reinforcement has arrived in
#Rukla
.
#5YearsAsOne
📸
#eFP
BG LTU
On this International Women's Day
#IWD2022
, we want to recognize the exceptional service of our sisters in arms across
#NATO
.
You represent the core attributes of professionalism, integrity and commitment.
Together
#WeAreNATO
Sending a clear message:
#NATO
stands to meet any threat!
EX "Crystal Arrow 2021" – two
@NATO
#eFP
Battlegroups (🇱🇻&🇱🇹), their parent Brigades and
@USArmy
🇺🇸consolidating tactics & techniques necessary to provide effective deterrence and defense.
#WeAreNATO
📸
@MehanizetaBrigade
#NATO
has further increased its readiness and vigilance on the northeastern flank.
#Allies
have adopted a robust and capable military posture to deter and—if required—defend against any threat to the
#Alliance
territory and populations.
#WeAreNATO
📽️ by
@BG_LTU_eFP
🇱🇹
#Allies
have the collective will to act decisively & defend
@NATO
nations against all forms of aggression.
Training is our priority & our soldiers strive for perfection - every day 💪
Check out the
#2bz
troopers of
@ZAWISZACY
🇵🇱 combat training.
#WeAreNATO
📷 M.Woroniecka 🇵🇱
Ex HEDGEHOG started in
#Estonia
🇪🇪
The large-scale international ex takes place every 4 years.
Led by Estonian Defence Forces, it involves over 15,000 🇪🇪&
#NATO
🇬🇧,🇫🇷,🇩🇰,🇺🇸,🇱🇻,🇵🇱troops.
It aims to test readiness & practice interoperability between nations.
#WeAreNATO
📸
#eFP
BG🇪🇪
#NATO
member states form a unique community of values.
In today's difficult world, transatlantic cooperation is needed more than ever.
We will continue to defend the security of NATO together - on the basis of solidarity.
We are
#Allies
We are safe
#WeAreNATO
📸by
@WKU_Krakow
1st Battalion
@TheRoyalWelsh
🇬🇧 Battlegroup recently got to grips with the harsh environment of the Tapa Central Training Area in Estonia 🇪🇪to establish their role as lead for
@NATO
's enhanced Forward Presence
#Estonia
.
#WeAreNATO
📸by
@BritishArmy
, during Exercise Bold Dragon
The biggest winter training Ex for
#eFP
BG
#Estonia
- WINTER CAMP - has just started.
Facts:
- Over one & a half weeks
- Around 1,400 🇫🇷,🇬🇧&🇪🇪soldiers
- Armour, infantry, planning, engineering & artillery scenarios
- Air serials by
#NATO
#Allies
#WeAreNATO
📸eFP BG Estonia
#NATO
#Allies
’ surveillance planes and fighter jets are conducting round-the-clock air patrols to safeguard Allied air space. 🛩
Demonstrating Alliance readiness to secure Allied air space in the Baltic Sea Region 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
#WeAreNATO
🎥
@NATO
What it's like to be in command of a multinational Battlegroup at
#NATO
's eastern flank?
The answers gave Lieutenant Colonol Lars Neitzel, Commander 13th Rotation
#eFP
Battlegroup
#Lithuania
Read the Interview here 👉
@efp_lithuania
@NATO
@SHAPE_NATO
#FactFriday
- Collection Card
The new 🇵🇱 Infantry Combat Vehicle
#Badger
#Borsuk
is is built on a universal modular tracked platform & equipped w/ a remote-controlled turret system. It is armed w/ a 30mm caliber cannon & anti-tank guided missiles.
📸 M. Krasnicki,
@ZAWISZACY
🇵🇱
Pulling Power
🇬🇧,🇫🇷&🇩🇰Engineer specialists from the
#NATO
eFP BG
#Estonia
🇪🇪 took part in vehicle recovery training at Tapa camp.
#StrongerTogether
– The capability to recover vehicles is key to operating effectively in challenging terrain.
#WeAreNATO
📸 by
@ComdUKeFP
The first day of the year 2024 comes already with a celebration: 🇨🇿 Restoration Day of the Independent
#Czech
State - Den obnovy samostatného českého státu 🇨🇿.
Congratulations!
@NATO
, we protect our values
#StrongerTogether
.
@ArmadaCR
🇨🇿
@eFPBGLatvia
🇱🇻
#Latvian
🇱🇻 &
@USArmy
🇺🇸soldiers improving their readiness and ability to operate together, making
@NATO
#StrongerTogether
Battalion Support Soldiers & Techniques in military training "Allied Spirit 2022", including buggy MRZR transportation with CH-47 Chinook
📸
@Latvijas_armija
With
#NATO
#eFP
Battlegroup Estonia and 🇪🇪 Estonian Defence Forces working as one, exercise
#WinterCamp
represents the biggest winter training effort of Allies based in Tapa. NATO soldiers are prepared to conduct operations regardless of conditions. More:
The reinforcement of
@BG_LTU_eFP
with comprehensive air-defence capabilities is a vital contribution by the
#German
@bundeswehrInfo
to strengthening
#NATO
's eastern flank & bolstering solidarity with Eastern European NATO partners.
Read more:
#WeAreNATO
We strive for perfection !!!
Another day and training time well spent. The soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon of🇵🇱
@ZAWISZACY
's 2nd Mechanized Battalion improved their skills in overcoming difficult terrain.
#StrongerTogether
#WeAreNATO
📸15 Giżycka Brygada Zmechanizowana
The greatest responsibility of the
#NATO
#Alliance
:
Protect and defend Allies territories & populations against attack.
#TankTuesday
@BritishArmy
🇬🇧Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank patrols the forest during🇪🇪 Spring Storm,
#Estonia
's largest annual military exercise.
📸NATO, FLICKR
#MNCNE
serves as a persistently present, regionally focused HQ ready & stand-by to take lead of
#Allied
operations across the north-eastern flank of
@NATO
as Land Component Command.
#MotivationMonday
We are Ready Today.
Prepared for Tomorrow.
Adapting for the Future.
#WeAreNATO
#MotivationMonday
👍
Are you testing your
#Endurance
this week?
All smiles during 🇪🇪 NATO Battlegroup Estonia's Scouts' March, a 30km endurance event, that is guaranteed to put even the toughest soldier's fitness to the test.
📸
@NATO
BG Estonia
@estNATO
@kaitsemin
Maintaining competence and readiness is a training priority of every military unit.
Tankers from
@1WBPanc
🇵🇱 (Warszawska Brygada Pancerna) are constantly training at the range and tactical training lanes, to
#KeepSkillsSharp
.
#WeAreNATO
📸 by
@Zelazna_Dywizja
In 🇵🇱 Bemowo Piskie,
#NATO
#eFP
Battlegroup Poland continues progressing through Thunderbolt Focus—an extensive weeklong training event that unites roughly 2,000 soldiers from across Multinational Corps Northeast's
#MNCNE
battlegroups, assisted by the Polish 15th Mechanized Bde.
During CRYSTAL ARROW, a big
#NATO
tactical exercise,
@eFPBGLatvia
, 🇺🇸
@USArmyEURAF
and 🇱🇻
#MechanizedBrigade
improve interoperability throughout tactical operations, including the demonstration of winter capability.
More📸 here:
📸by 🇱🇻 Mechanized Brigade
#PicOfTheWeek
🤩
34 teams from 13
@NATO
countries have been putting their armour and firepower to the test on exercise IRON SPEAR in Latvia.
A tremendous display of
#NATO
’s combined capabilities and strengths held at Readiness in North-East Europe.
#WeAreNATO
📸
@ComdUKeFP
🇪🇪
We will be ready to act, should the necessity to defend the region arise! 💪
@eFPBGLatvia
🇱🇻 soldiers train together during a close quarter battle exercise at Camp Adazi, Latvia.
📷 Sgto 1 Alfonso Cortés Pinilla 🇪🇸
@EjercitoTierra
&
Avr Dustin LeVasseur🇨🇦
@CanadianForces
Being a
#NATO
soldier means being ready and prepared for anything.
Soldiers of 🇵🇱
@ZAWISZACY
were trained in the field of protection against burning hazardous substances, ways of extinguishing the napalm and evacuation and providing assistance.
#WeAreNATO
📸 by
@15Brygada
🇨🇦Canadian - 🇪🇸Spanish cooperation at the
@eFPBGLatvia
🇱🇻
The soldiers
#KeepSkillsSharp
during a combined training exercise at Camp Adazi.
This builds and strengthens the collective readiness and interoperability of the
#NATO
#Alliance
.
📷Alfonso Cortés Pinilla,
@EjercitoTierra
For the first time in 50 years, tanks arrive on Saaremaa Island 🛡.
#NATO
eFP Battlegroup Estonia (
@ComdUKeFP
) deploys heavy armour to the island 🇪🇪 in support of Estonian Defence League's exercise.
Want to know more?
🗞
#WeAreNato
@NATO
@Kaitsevagi
"Only as an alliance, united and together, we will be able to guarantee the freedom, security and integrity of NATO’s territory now and for future generations."
~LTG
@vonSandrart
, Commander
#MNCNE
, for the German Armed Forces "Y" magazine
Full interview:
"We can, we want to and we will defend every inch of NATO territory within my area of responsibility."
- Lieutenant General Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart, Commander
#MNCNE
, during Interview for the new BALTIC AMBER Magazine, now hot off the press!
📖👉
𝔽𝔼𝕃𝕀ℤ #𝕋𝔸ℕ𝕂𝕋𝕌𝔼𝕊𝔻𝔸𝕐 𝔸𝕄𝕀𝔾𝕆𝕊
It's that special time of the week again.
With todays
#Spanish
contribution to the
#TankTuesday
we wish you all a great day.
It's good to have friends!
We are
#StrongerTogether
,
#WeAreNATO
"VALIENTES POR TIERRA"🇪🇸
#eFP
BG
#Estonia
🇪🇪 soldiers from🇬🇧
@RoyalTankRegt
focussed on Air Land Integration during Exercise FURIOUS WOLF.
JTACs communicating with 🇧🇪
#Belgian
F-16s in order to direct them onto notional enemy targets.
(JTAC = Joint Terminal Attack Controllers)
#WeAreNATO
📸eFP BG Estonia
🇩🇪 Tag der Deutschen Einheit
The Day of German Unity commemorates German reunification in
#1990
when the Federal Republic of
#Germany
(West Germany) & the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) were peacefully unified.
Herzlichen Glueckwunsch.
#WeAreNATO
@bundeswehrInfo
Happy Romanian National Day! On 🇷🇴 Great Union Day "Ziua Marii Uniri", the National Day marks the unification of Transylvania Bessarabia & Bukovina with the 🇷🇴 Kingdom in 1918.
@NATO
, we immensely value our member's democratic traditions.
__
@MApNRomania
@BG_Poland_eFP
🇵🇱
#TankTuesday
🇵🇱 welcomes the arrival of a company of M1A1
#Abrams
tanks. Joining their forces will be a total of 366 of these impressive machines, strengthening security measures.
@NATO
is ready to safeguard the Baltic region like never before.
📸 Cpl. W. Król
#WojskoPolskie
Together w/ 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇭🇷 Allies, 🇹🇩 Romania's Sky Guardians lit up the sky over Bemowo Piskie (Poland) to advance
@BG_Poland_eFP
's air defence capabilities. By sharing experiences & complementing each other's strengths, our multinational soldiers grow into adaptive & agile teams.
Exercises signal our readiness for rapid response
Last week Ex PONTE ANIDO saw the
#Spanish
🇪🇸LOBO and ESPADA Coys, as well as the
#Polish
GRIZZLY Coy🇵🇱, working together, shoulder by shoulder,
#StrongerTogether
.
#WeAreNATO
📷 Rod Doucet, Fernando Ndiaye,
@eFPBGLatvia
🇱🇻
#StrongerTogether
– Combined, cross-national firearms training of
#MNCNE
soldiers.
The joint and multinational character of 🇩🇪🇺🇸🇵🇱
#Allied
forces exercising together demonstrates our determination and ability to act as one in response to any aggression.
#WeAreNATO
The international military exercise "Geležinis Vilkas 2022 I" has started in
#Lithuania
.
1.000 units of military equipment & more than 3.000 soldiers from 🇱🇹 and other
#Allied
#NATO
countries will participate in the two-week training.
#WeAreNATO
📸
@MPBgelezinisvilkas
Firepower
Members of the
#Latvian
🇱🇻 military perform a live-fire exercise in the Camp Ādaži Training Area to
#KeepSkillsSharp
.
#WeAreNATO
📷 Sergeant Jennifer Kusche, Master Corporal Rod Doucet, Operation REASSURANCE (
#Latvia
)
The
#IronCheetahs
are
#Battlegroup
🇵🇱
#Poland
's air-defense artillery capability, providing protection for all maneuvering forces.
Check out 📸 of their first night live fire, demonstrating their commitment to collective defense.
#WeAreNATO
📸1st Lt. D. Aioanei, Pfc J. Bradford
"Our center of gravity are our families, our beloved ones, our friends.
We want to thank you and them, especially your families, for their commitment.
We are a
@NATO
family -
We are ready, we will, we can, we do."
🎄Christmas message by LTG
@vonSandrart
, Commander
#MNCNE
Attention indirect fire! 💥
@BG_LTU_eFP
🇱🇹 in full action!
The 11th rotation of
#Dutch
🇳🇱 Battle Coy is testing their mortars for the first time in winter conditions.
#MNCNE
forces show readiness, commitment and solidarity with the Baltic States!
#WeAreNATO
#5YearsAsOne
Led by LTC Phillips, the 🇺🇸 US 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment
@CalGuard
took the helm of
@BG_Poland_eFP
. Activated in 2017, the enhanced Forward Presence
#eFP
represents
#NATO
's continued commitment to the collective security of Allies in the Baltic region.
#5YearsAsOne
#MNCNE
– Strong but defensive - transparent and predictable!
Keeping
#NATO
's eastern flank safe!
🇵🇱15 Giżycka Brygada Zmechanizowana continues training with 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇷🇴
@BG_Poland_eFP
–
#StrongerTogether
.
#WeAreNATO
📸 st. szer. Adrian Staszewski, szer. Michał Czornij
On 25 NOV,
@LTU_Army
will celebrate their 105th Anniversary with a major military parade organized in
#Vilnius
🇱🇹. COM
#MNCNE
LGEN
@vonSandrart
will participate as guest and sends Battle Colours to honor our Lithuanian Allies and Friends.
#StrongerTogether
𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℕ𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕤
#Spanish
🇪🇸 newly arrived-members of the
@eFPBGLatvia
practice small arms shooting in the training area
#Adazi
,
#Latvia
🇱🇻, demonstrating commitment to our collective contribution to regional stability & security.
#WeAreNATO
📸Rob Doucet