National Defence Volunteer Force Big Band

The Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces Big Band (Lithuanian: Lietuvos krašto apsaugos savanorių pajėgų bigbendas, KASPB) is a Lithuanian musical group in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. It was founded in 1991 as the first official wind band of the armed forces. Most of the band's members are graduates of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and the Vilnius Conservatory. The 30 musicians of the big band have performed all over the Eurasia region, in countries such as in France, Poland, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Belgium and Afghanistan. Captain Ričardas Čiupkovas is the current band leader and director of music of the KASPB.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Land Forces Command Headquarters [lt]

Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf	Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanized Infantry Battalion [lt] • Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion [lt] • King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion [lt] • Duke Vaidotas Infantry Battalion [lt] • General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion • Logistics battalion [lt] • NATO Enhanced Forward Presence

Motorized Infantry Brigade Žemaitija [lt]	Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion [lt] • Grand Duke Kęstutis Infantry Battalion [lt] • Duke Margiris Infantry Battalion [lt] • Brigade General Motiejus Pečiulionis Artillery Battalion [lt] • Logistics battalion

National Defence Volunteer Forces Territorial Units	Dainava District's 1st • Darius and Girėnas District's 2nd [lt] • Žemaičiai District's 3rd • Vytis District's 5th • Resurrection District's 6th • Grand Fight District's 8th [lt]

Colonel Juozas Vitkus Engineer Battalion [lt] • Juozas Lukša Training Center [lt]

Warship Flotilla [lt]

Services	Sea and Coastal Surveillance [lt] • Harbour and Coast Guard [lt] • Naval Logistics [lt]

Centres	Naval Training [lt] • Maritime Rescue Coordination [lt]

Services	Special Purpose [lt] • Combat Divers Service [lt]

Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion [lt] • Training and Combat Support Center [lt]

Other forces

Logistics Command [lt]

Services	Depot • Garrison provisioning • Doctor Jonas Basanavičius Military Medical [lt]

Centres	Movement Control • Military Cartography Centre [lt]

Grand Duke Vytenis General Support Logistics Battalion [lt]

Training and Doctrine Command	Divisional General Stasys Raštikis Lithuanian Armed Forces School [lt] • Grand Lithuanian Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment [lt] • General Adolfas Ramanauskas Combat Training Center [lt]

Officers' Clubs	Lithuania • Klaipėda Garrison • Vilnius Garrison

Bands	Armed Forces Headquarters • Land Forces • Air Force • Naval Force • National Defence Volunteer Force Big Band

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