On October 12 closing ceremony and DV and Media Day of international Exercise Maple Arch 2018 will take place at Gen Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas Warfare Training Centre in Nemenčinė.
Over the two weeks of the exercise (October 2-12) roughly 300 troops from 9 countries perfected skills and knowledge of military operational planning procedures, decision-making, situational response and operational control. All training was conducted using J-CATS simulation system, radio and Internet connection.
At the ceremony closing addresses will be delivered by acting Commander of the Lithuanian Land Force, Chief of the Land Force Staff Col Tomas Masaitis, Commander of Canada's 5th Division Brig Gen Derek Macaulay, and Commander of the trilateral Lithuanian Grand Duchy Great Hetman Konstantinas Ostrogiškis LITPOLUKRBRIG Brigade Col Dmytro Bratishko.
The ceremony will also be attended by Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff for operation Brig Gen Raimundas Vaikšnoras, representative of the General Staff of Poland Brig Gen Andrzej Knap, Ambassador of Poland Urszula Doroszewska, Ambassador of Ukraine Volodymyr Yatsenkivkyi, Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy of Canada Beth Richardson, representatives of other countries taking part in the exercise, other guests.
Exercise Maple Arch 2018 trained soldiers from Montenegro, Canada, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Georgia, Turkey and Ukraine in operational planning, representatives of Macedonia joined on observer rights, and the entire exercise was conducted with observation and mentoring from the Armed Forces of Canada.
Maple Arch 2018 is the main training event that finishes the LITPOLUKRBRIG Brigade's training cycle in 2018 and assesses its preparedness for operational planning and control.
The exercise is organised by Lithuania, Poland or Ukraine on a rotational basis. This year it was organised by the Lithuanian Land Force.
For the Media
Registration is open to attend the DV Day at Gen Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas Warfare Training Centre in Nemenčinė until Otober 11, 1600hrs. Registration is conducted via email donatas.suchockis@mil.lt.
POC Capt Donatas Suchockis, +37064045380.
Registered media should arrive on October 12 before 1145hrs.
Public Information Centre of Exercise Maple Arch 2018
