On August 7, rotations of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group (eFP BG) changed over at a ceremony at the Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment. The incoming rotation is under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Sebastiaan Schillemans of the Netherlands Armed Forces who replaces Lieutenant Colonel Marek Krüger of the Bundeswehr which marks the first time the eFP BG will be led by a Dutch rather than German officer.

Dutch Armed Forces take command of NATO enhanced Forward Presence in Lithuania

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The new rotation of up to 1.6 thousand troops will be based in Rukla with their Leopard 2 tanks, CV90 and Boxer infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled wheeled artillery systems.