Other events in Baltic States

On November 13 and 14 planning staff of the exercise Steadfast Jazz which are taking place in autumn 2013 in several NATO member states, including the Baltic States, simultaneously is holding a meeting at the Joint Headquarters of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, reports BC Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence.

Steadfast Jazz 2013 will certify readiness level of contingents delegated by NATO member states to conduct standby in the NATO Response Force in 2014. Another exclusive feature of the exercise is that it will be conducted jointly with the Host Nation Support (HNS) in the Baltic States (training the capacity of the Baltic States to render HNS to the NATO allies) Baltic Host 2013.

"Integration of Baltic Host 2013 into a larger NATO exercise will elevate the training event to a higher level because the exercise will not only ensure regional level interoperability but that with the allied forces as well. The event will improve significantly the readiness of the Baltic States to render HNS", Brigadier General Vilmantas Tamosaitis, Chief of the Joint Headquarters of the Lithuanian Armed Forces said.

A portion of military units and command and control elements assigned to the NATO Response Force will be fielded to the training areas in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland for the Steadfast Jazz 2013 period.