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    The Nordic Battlegroup (NBG) is one of eighteen European Union battlegroups. It consists of around 2,500 soldiers including officers, with manpower contributed...
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    An EU Battlegroup (EU BG) is a military unit adhering to the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union (EU). Often based on contributions...
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    Army's final exercises in 2010 and the training series for Nordic Battlegroup 11 (NBG 11) and as commanding officer of the Land Warfare Centre in Skövde...
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    leading state for a European Union Battlegroup approximately once every three years through the Nordic Battlegroup. Prior to 2024 Sweden had close relations...
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    new EU Battlegroup of the Visegrád Group. The decision was made at the V4 defence ministers' meeting in Levoča, Slovakia, and the battlegroup became operational...
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    nationally and internationally in ground and air operations, such as Nordic Battlegroup 11 (NBG 11), the Swedish Kosovo Force in 2012 and the Swedish operation...
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    Macedonia. Latvian armed forces contributed to a UK-led Battlegroup in 2013 and the Nordic Battlegroup in 2015 under the Common Security and Defence Policy...
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    Finland (category Members of the Nordic Council)
    Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia...
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    neutrality, such as participation in the War in Afghanistan and the Nordic Battlegroup. With the change in the European security environment brought by the...
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    Air Base since 2014. In the European Union, Estonia participates in Nordic Battlegroup and Permanent Structured Cooperation. Since 1995, Estonia has participated...
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    Scandinavian defence union (category Nordic politics)
    not a defence union, the Nordic Battlegroup is a multi-national military unit. It is one of eighteen European Union Battlegroups that support European Union...
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    Hanseatic League Nordic-Baltic Eight Nordic Battlegroup Nordic Council Nordic countries Nordic cross flag Nordic Estonia Nordic model Nordic Passport Union...
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    multinational battlegroups in the Baltic partners was conducted. Canada leads the battlegroup in Latvia. Germany leads the battlegroup in Lithuania. The...
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    Force Headquarters. In 2005, he became the Force Commander of the Nordic Battlegroup and held several important roles in military education and leadership...
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    UNTAET; one in Liberia under UNMIL and two in Europe under the EU Nordic Battlegroup and EUMS. List of Gardaí killed in the line of duty Died in Ireland...
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  • compartment, holding around seventy airmen; Admiral Jay L. Johnson, the Battlegroup commander; Commander John Stufflebeem, leader of the VFA-103 F-14 squadron;...
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    the Treaty on European Union (TEU), such as the Eurocorps; and the EU Battlegroups, established at the EU level. The military operations of the EU are typically...
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    Sweden from Russia and Sweden's accession to NATO. The Battlegroup Gotland (18th Battlegroup) will fall under administrative control of the Skaraborg...
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    Visegrád Group. The Northern Future Forum, the Nordic Investment Bank, the Nordic Battlegroup, the Nordic-Baltic Eight and the New Hanseatic League are...
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    Helmand Province, where about 760 Danish soldiers controlled a large battlegroup. The Danish army withdrew its combat forces from Afghanistan in May 2014...
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    Forward Presence, which deployed four multinational battalion-sized battlegroups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. Before and during the 2022...
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    common defense. However, Halonen allowed Finland to join European Union Battlegroups in 2006 and the NATO Response Force in 2008. Relations with Russia are...
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    after a period of artillery preparation. Moving against the ARSK 3rd Battlegroup, consisting of elements of the North Dalmatian Corps and RSK police,...
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    Defence Forces. The brigade is formed primarily around three all-arms battlegroups. Further north, the Finnmark Land Command is in charge of safeguarding...
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    were two panzer armies composed largely of Waffen-SS divisions. The battlegroups found advancing through the forests and wooded hills of the Ardennes...
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    indirect fire is provided by 81mm and 120mm mortars on battlegroup level. Defence League battlegroups also include dedicated anti-tank units equipped with...
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    Battalion deployed to Iraq as part of Op Telic 8 and formed Basra City South Battlegroup. C (Northamptonshire) company was detached to operate as part of Force...
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  • states (all except Malta, which currently does not participate in any battlegroup), Norway and Turkey. Denmark used to have an opt-out clause in its accession...
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    "Europe in a foreign field". The Economist. 19 January 2013. Value of EU 'Battlegroup' plan stressed by Annan Archived 13 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine...
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    Engelbrektson decided that the lion's penis in the coat of arms of the Nordic Battlegroup had to be removed. In a February 2008 interview with Sveriges Radio...
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