PABRADE, Lithuania â U.S. troopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and NATO allied partners 21st Dragoon Battalion, Lithuanian Land and Volunteer Forces, tested their might against one another in a culminating exercise Feb. 23 at the Kairai training area just off the Baltic Sea.
âI was impressed,â Cpl. Keaton Williamson, a tanker assigned to Bravo âEager Armsâ Company, said. âThese guys defend their land with their hearts.â
2nd. Bn., 8th Cav. Regt., transported an Abrams tank and Bradley Fighting Vehicle Platoon to the training area for a three-week combined training exercise. Lithuanian and U.S. forces spent two-weeks sharing their battlefield tactics, techniques and unconventional warfare maneuvers.
31 PABRADE, Lithuania – U.S. Troopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment and NATO allied partners 21st Dragoon Battalion, Lithuanian Land and Volunteer Forces, tested their might against one another in a culminating exercise Feb. 23, 2021, at the Kairai training area just off the Baltic Sea.
“I was impressed,” said Cpl. Keaton Williamson, a tanker assigned to Bravo “Eager Arms” Company. “These guys defend their land with their hearts.”
2-8 Cav. Reg. transported an Abrams tank and Bradley Fighting Vehicle Platoon to the training area for a three-week combined training exercise. Lithuanian and U.S. forces spent two-weeks sharing their battlefield tactics, techniques and unconventional warfare maneuvers.