On March 7 Colonel Patrick Michaelis, Commander of the Mission Command Element, 1st Infantry Division, which is deployed in Poland and responsible for conducting the U.S. Army Operation Atlantic Resolve in the Baltic states and Poland, paid a visit to the Lithuanian Land Force HQ.
He met with Commander of the Lithuanian Land Force Maj Gen Valdemaras Rupšys and Land Force HQ staff to discuss international exercises planned for the region, opportunities to conduct joint combat training for the rotation of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group Poland formed mainly by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and Lithuanian soldiers. Other topics of discussion were U.S. support to the development of the Land Force HQ, collective defence plans, and other aspects of cooperation.
The Mission Command Element of the 1st Infantry Division is subordinate to the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and is in the immediate command of the rotational U.S. forces (brigades) that carry out Operation Atlantic Resolve, i.e. coordinates international exercises, movement of military equipment and personnel, and other types of military cooperation. The 1st Infantry Division is headquartered at Fort Riley in Kansas, U.S.
Information and photos by the Lithuanian Land Force
