DV and Media Day of exercises Thunder Storm 2018 and Saber Strike 2018 was also be attended by Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania Viktoras Pranckietis, members of the Committee on National Security and Defence, Chief of Defence Lt Jonas Vytautas Žukas, representatives of NATO allies , and other guests.
Later the guests viewed a static display of equipment, gear, and weaponry used by the exercise participants.
Exercises
Saber Strike 2018 is an exercise organised by the United States European Command to enhance interoperability among participating forces while conducting wide spectrum of military operations. The exercise highlights strengthening interaction among land, naval, and air operational forces, and joint training with NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Groups. The exercise will run on June 3-15 in Lithuania and involve up to 6,600 soldiers.
National exercise Thunder Storm in Lithuania will be running on June 1-15. It involves up to 9 thousand Lithuanian military and civilian personnel. Thunder Storm will train the Lithuanian Armed Forces to conduct wide spectrum armed state defence operations both on their own and together with NATO allies.
