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    Pa. Guard welcomes Lithuanian partners in preparation for platoon exchange

    Pa. Guard welcomes Lithuanian partners in preparation for platoon exchange

    Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Zane Craig | Brig. Gen. Mark Schindler, deputy adjutant general, Army, presented challenge coins...... read more read more

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

    02.07.2020

    Story by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig 

    Joint Force Headquarters - Pennsylvania National Guard

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Three soldiers with the with Lithuania’s National Defense Volunteer Forces (NDVF), visited here Feb. 3-7 to plan the annual platoon exchange between the two partner forces.

    Maj. Arturas Seniut, 8th District chief of staff, Maj. Vytautas Vinickas, NVDF chief of planning subsection, and NVDF Command Sgt. Maj. Arunas Aliukonis received a challenge coin commemorating our nearly 27-year partnership with Lithuania from Brig. Gen. Mark Schindler, deputy adjutant general, Army.

    “I’m looking forward to it because some soldiers from my unit are coming here and it will definitely be very beneficial to them throughout their careers,” said Seniut.

    The three spent the week touring facilities and meeting the experts and instructors who will work with the Lithuanian platoon-sized element during the exchange in May.

    During their 27-year partnership, Pennsylvania and Lithuania have conducted more than 500 military and training exchanges, in addition to numerous joint deployments to Afghanistan as part of joint police operational mentor liaison teams and provincial reconstruction teams.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact Lt. Col. Keith Hickox (717) 861-6254, or e-mail ng.pa.paarng.list.pao@mail.mil

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    Date Taken: 02.07.2020
    Date Posted: 02.07.2020 16:09
    Story ID: 362188
    Location: FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA, US

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