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.
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