During the deployment, the Lithuanian soldiers will be responsible for plugging in the Patriot missile batteries to the NATO command and communication network and proper functioning of the network in the southern part of Turkey.
Lithuanian troops will execute tasks in the southern part of Turkey till January-May 2016 when another NATO DCISM will replace them.
NATO's Active Fence was launched in 2012 following a request by the Government of Turkey to the Alliance to augment Turkey's air defence capabilities in the context of increased threat of missile attacks from Syria.
The Lithuanian DCISM is the only company-sized unit of the Lithuanian Armed Forces assigned on a permanent basis to NATO forces which comprise three signal battalions.
The goal of the Deployable Communication and Information Systems Module of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Headquarters Battalion is to ensure mobile C2 support to NATO's emergency or deployable command posts.
