This year s large-scale, three-week military Exercise Spring Storm, while not as reduced in size as 2020 s, has still necessarily seen only minimal numbers of reservists (as against conscripts, regular soldiers and NATO allied personnel) take part, due to coronavirus considerations.
Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) deputy commander, Maj. Gen. Indrek Sirel, said: With this year s exercise, we have restored the normal Spring Storm routine. Last year, the exercise went ahead, but on a far smaller scale.
However, far fewer EDF reservists, a little over 300, are taking part in this year s Spring Storm than in pre-coronavirus times.
The EDF s reserve is made up primarily of former conscripts who have completed their training, and remain on the reserve lists in the ensuing years. Reservists are expected to turn to at intermittent training sessions like Spring Storm, in the normal run of things.
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