Military training will be held in the territory of Feimau parish
From 1 to 3 June and from 6 to 9 June, the National Guard 3 will be held in the territory of the municipality of Rēzekne. The 36 th Battle of Latgale Brigade supports pre-planned training of professional service soldiers.
The soldier training programme envisages both maintaining the skills acquired so far and acquiring new skills for strengthening the fighting capabilities of the unit. Approximately 20 soldiers will participate in training, who will travel through shared and forest roads through military vehicles during both daylight and dark hours. No use of ammunition or simulation is planned for the exercise of training tasks.
National Guard 3. In Latgale Brigade, the military training process of soldiers and national guardsmen is organised continuously throughout the year, performing various tactical tasks during both summer and winter periods. During regular scheduled training, soldiers and national guardsmen shall improve their readiness to protect the National Guard Unit's responsibility areas and to improve their capacity in cooperation with other National Guard and Regular Force units.
The official responsible for organising the training shall be called by telephone. 29952644.
The attention of the people!
A temporary movement of soldiers and machinery on shared roads will take place in the municipality of Rezekne and in the vicinity thereof, without interfering with transport traffic. The National Armed Forces call on the people to be treated with awareness of the National Guard activities aimed at strengthening national defence capabilities.
The National Armed Forces also recall that the spring phase of the military training cycle “NAMEJS 2022”, with several combined international exercises, “Defender Europe”, “Knight Legion”, “Swift Response”, “Summer Shield” and the Estonian Defence Force's major military exercises “Hedgehog”, are taking place in Latvia in parallel with the planned combat capacity maintenance training.
During this period in all regions of Latvia – Kurzeme, Vidzeme, Zemgale and Latgale will be the movement of Latvian and Allied soldiers and military equipment along the main and regional roads of the country. In the course of training tasks, a variety of military aircraft including combat helicopters will also be held periodically. “AH-64 Apache” flights in Latvian airspace and these flights shall be carried out in accordance with Latvian laws and regulatory enactments in the field of airspace utilisation.
The National Armed Forces call on the people of all Latvian regions to be treated with awareness of ongoing military exercises aimed at improving national defence capabilities and strengthening regional security.
In order to ensure the awareness of Latvian citizens, in the coming weeks the National Armed Forces will regularly publish the latest information regarding the movement of military equipment of the Allies, the support tasks of the host state and the deployment of Allied Forces to the period of training, as well as the major activities of the training in various Latvian provinces.
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The information was prepared by:
National Guard 3. Latgale Brigade Headquarters Information Part
Phone: 26192444
e-mail: evita.kozule@mil.lv