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  2. NATO Enhanced Forward Presence - Wikipedia

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    Canada provides the core of the NATO battle group in Latvia with approximately 540 mechanized infantry and supporting troops. This contingent, Operation Reassurance, is provided by Canada's high-readiness brigade, a task which rotates annually amongst the three Regular Force brigades of the country. Reservists from more than 100 units across ...

  3. Selonia military training area - Wikipedia

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    The new commitment was to increase the combat-ready personnel from a group size to a brigade size – 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. [1] [5] Pabriks remarked that Latvia would commit to co-financing the new military infrastructure. [5] Canada on its part committed to lead the group and cooperate with other NATO members for co-financing of ...

  4. Multinational Corps Northeast - Wikipedia

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    The Multinational Corps Northeast was formed on 18 September 1999 at Szczecin, Poland, which became its headquarters.It evolved from what was for many years the only multinational corps in NATO, Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland (LANDJUT) (in its turn, a part of Allied Forces Northern Europe).

  5. Canada pledges up to 1,200 more troops for Latvia in NATO ...

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    NATO has set up multinational battlegroups of about 1,000 troops in each of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. ... -Canada pledged ...

  6. Lielvārde Air Base - Wikipedia

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    The base was transferred from Russia to Latvia in 1994. It now forms the core of operations for the Latvian Air Force. Between 2007 and 2014 the air base underwent a major modernization, including the construction of a new administrative headquarters building opened in 2009, and a state-of-the-art runway and taxiways.

  7. Operation Saber Strike - Wikipedia

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    Saber Strike was a multinational exercise taking place at the Ādaži Training Area in Latvia, which involved units from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, the United States 56th Stryker Brigade, the United States 172nd Infantry Brigade and the United States 16th Sustainment Brigade. The exercise was not only a training opportunity, but also a ...

  8. Latvia's chief diplomat pursues NATO's top job, saying a ...

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    Latvia’s foreign minister on Tuesday staked his claim to the top job at NATO, saying that the military organization needs a consensus builder who is committed to higher defense spending and has ...

  9. Member states of NATO - Wikipedia

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    Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states. Three more members joined between 1952 and 1955, and a fourth joined in 1982. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has added 16 more members from 1999 to 2024. [1]