On October 23 Lieutenant General Slawomir Woicechovski, Commander of the Multinational Corps Northeast (MNCNE) is conducting a visit to Vilnius. The visit to a tactical command post near Vilnius International Airport is held as part of Exercise Griffin Lightning 19.
Exercise Griffin Lighting 19 takes place on October 14-25 to train the Regional Land Component Command capability of the Multinational Corps Northeast for the Baltic states and Poland. The battle staff exercise involves over 500 MNC NE staff personnel from 24 NATO allies, over 60 of them are training at a tactical command post in Lithuania. The main command post deployed in Drawsko-Pomorske, Poland, maintains communication with the tactical command post in Lithuania.
The mission of the Multinational Corps Northeast is to maintain readiness for a quick redeployment and take over the command in the area of operations as directed by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) as the Corps or the Land Component Command HQ. The Multinational Corps Northeast HQ based in Szczecin, Poland, is subordinate to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Lithuania has 7 officers serving at the MNCNE at the moment. Battle Staff Training Griffin Lightning 19 trains planning NATO article 5 operations in its area of responsibility - territories of the three Baltic states and Poland.
Media representatives are invited to visit the tactical MNCNE Command Post in Vilnius to get first-hand impressions about the course of the training and interview Lt Gen Slawomir Woicechovski.
Timetable, October 23
1230 hrs - arrival, registration (the Command Post is deployed in the vicinity of Vilnius International Airport, registered media will be informed in greater detail)
1300-1400 hrs Briefing on the exercise and tactical command post, interview opportunity
Media representatives should send their full name, contact phone number and represented media outlet information before October 23, 1000 hrs, by e-mail at gintautas.ciunis@mil.lt, contact phone for queries: +370 618 26857
Photo credits: MNCNE
