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0 >Nicely camouflaged Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank during Exercise Furious Axe in Latvia. Source: NATO eFP Estonia
The British Army s 5th Battalion, the Rifles ( RIFLES) may have already finished its recent rotation with the Tapa-based NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) – the battalion s second stint in Estonia in fact – but a recent edition of NATO s Multinational Corps Northeast magazine, Baltic Amber , got the low-down on progress while the unit was still in Estonia, including from its commanding officer, Lt Col. Jim Hadfield.
Lt Col. Hadfield told the magazine that: Given our role, which is to contribute to the collective defense of Estonia, our first and primary task was of course to begin the process of integration with the 1st Brigade of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF), as well as with the Danish Vidar Company, which arrived here earlier this year (2020-ed.) and forms the other part of the NATO Battle Group here in Estonia.
The Danish contingent of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup have completed two six-month rotations at Tapa base. Danish personnel are now scheduled to return to Estonia in 2022.
At a farewell ceremony at Tapa base, east of Tallinn, Friday morning, commander of the contingent, Lt Col. Thomas Fogh, thanked his Estonian and U.K. colleagues.
Lt Col. Fogh said via a NATO press release that: Our cooperation with the British-lead Battlegroup and the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) 1st Brigade has been exemplary.
The British Army s 5th Battalion, the Rifles (5 Rifles), an armored infantry battalion, forms the core of the battlegroup at present, and Lt Col. Fogh also handed over responsibilities which had been handled by Danish personnel to 5 Rifles commanding officer, Lt Col. Jim Hadfield.