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The Ministry of Defense presented mission medals on Friday to British and French troops serving with the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroup based at Tapa, marking the official end of their tour in Estonia.
It was a changed security situation after 2014 led directly to the formation of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup based at Tapa, transforming the town of a little over 5,000 inhabitants, and about an hour's drive east of Tallinn, into a hive of activity and endeavor.
Finnish soldiers have been taking part in the Estonian Defense Forces' (EDF) reservists' large-scale Exercise SIIL, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Friday.
Reservists engaged in the large-scale SIIL exercise got the opportunity to use the Javelin anti-tank system this week, made even more famous by its use in combat against Russian Federation tanks used in that country's invasion of Ukraine, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported.
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 St...