Tri-Service
Inside The Baltic Battalion
As NATO builds up its capabilities in Europe, The Baltic Battalion is preparing to join the alliance's new NATO Response Force (NRF).
It combines Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian units, and is due to become part of the NRF later this year.
The BALTBAT battalion is a tri-service Lithuanian-Latvian-Estonian unit which began a two-week long training and certification exercise ahead of the standby for the NRF in 2016.
The trilateral battalion was formed for standby in the NRF by two Estonian combat companies, one company from Lithuania and one from Latvia, anti-tank platoons from Lithuania and Estonia, one Lithuanian mortar platoon and one support element, and a trilateral staff, the total of roughly 700 soldiers.
When preparing for standby in the joint unit the assigned troops also hone their interaction, agree procedures and improve their ability to operate side by side in NATO-led operations.
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