Lithuanian Armed Forces cyber defense leader visits 111th Attack Wing at Biddle ANG Base

Photo By Jonathan Dahms | U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Thomas Love (left), 112th Cyberspace Operations Squadron Commander at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, escorts Lithuanian air force Col. Romualdas Petkevicius (front, right), Director of the Regional Cyber Defence Center in Kaunas, Lithuania during a tour of the 112th COS headquarters December 6, 2021 to discuss capabilities, training and areas of future cooperation. Petkevicius was accompanied by (in order, to Petkevicius right) Mr. Geistautas Cernius, Chief of the cyber threat analysis cell at RCDC, and Mr. Mantas Bacevicius, computer systems engineer at the research and development division of the Lithuanian National Cyber Security Center. Badges in this photo were edited for operational security. (U.S. Air National Guard photo illustration by Jon Dahms)  

HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

12.09.2021

Story by Jonathan Dahms 

111th Attack Wing

Cyber defense leaders from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s State Partnership Program partner, Lithuania, visited the 111th Attack Wing at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6, 2021 to discuss capabilities, training and areas of future cooperation.

Lithuanian Air Force Col. Romualdas Petkevicius, Director of Regional Cyber Defence Center in Kaunas, Lithuania, met with U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Thomas Love, Commander, 112th Cyberspace Operations Squadron; and U.S. Army National Guard Maj. Christine Pierce, Team Chief for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Defensive Cyber Operations Element; to review previous training and engagements, and to begin mapping out future opportunities for defensive cyber training and collaboration between the Pennsylvania National Guard our partners in Lithuania.

• Date Taken: 12.09.2021
• Date Posted: 12.09.2021 15:12
• Story ID: 410816
• Location: HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, US