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Head of NATOs Multinational Division North visits Estonias infantry brigades 2021-05-06 BNS/TBT Staff TALLINN – Maj. Gen. Flemming Mathiasen, commander of NATOs Multinational Division North, visited the two infantry brigades of Estonia earlier this week to familiarize himself with their activities and training conditions.  "One of the most important objectives of Multinational Division North, on which we also focused during the recently completed Exercise Knight Lavard 21, is to continuous...

Outgoing NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup commander, Briton Colonel Paul Clayton, says the group, now over four years old, is thoroughly integrated with the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) 1st Brigade, maintaining the same level of readiness, and to all intents and purposes of the same status as any sub-unit of a British Army brigade would be. Appearing on ETV current affairs show "Välisilm" Monday evening, Col. Clayton said that: "We work very closely with the other eFP elements...

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Pakistan were also included in the top ten. For 2021, Croatia is ranked 63 of 139 countries considered for the annual ranking. Croatia holds a power index rating of  rating of 1.0331.  Croatian M-84 tanks at Zagreb military parade (Photo credit Ex13/CC BY-SA 4.0) Given that Croatia is in the process of procuring new fighter jets, a positive trend could be seen in the next report. Members of the 7th Croatian Contingent also recently participated in NATO activities of a reinforced front pre...

Send to Kindle The Army is concentrating this year’s major European Defender exercise on training for high-end warfare in the Balkans and the Black Sea, the service’s top general there said last week. Speaking at an online forum of the Association of the United States Army, Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command, said final planning is underway for the exercise scheduled for late spring or early summer. It would take place around the Black Sea,...

When I saw the headlines last week that President-elect Joe Biden was considering a retired general to lead the Department of Defense, my first response was, "Havent we already had too many general officers serving in key government positions over the last few years?" Surely, I thought, the incoming administration would nominate a qualified civilian candidate after President Donald Trump filled several key cabinet positions with former military officers he referred to as "my generals." Trump of...