Pabradė Training Area (Lithuanian: Pabradės poligonas) is a major military facility of the Lithuanian Armed Forces located near Pabradė, Lithuania. It was established in 1904.[1] It has an area of 17,514 ha (43,280 acres) and can be used for training at a battalion level.[2] Since 2014, the official name of the facility is General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area, but colloquially it remains known as Pabradė Training Area.[3]
Within the Pabradė Training Area is the US military camp Camp Herkus where US forces were deployed on 30 August 2021,[4] its main purpose is to house US Army Soldiers in Lithuania, close to Kaliningrad. As of now, Camp Herkus is a temporary base for US soldiers to reside in while military officials consider a more permanent base close to Belarus and Kaliningrad. Camp Herkus contains ~500 members of the 1st Infantry Division along with several dozen M1 Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and other support equipment. Camp Herkus exists to train US troops in Lithuania following Belarusian military exercises near the border with Lithuania.[5]
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- ^ "Pabradės istorijos datos" (in Lithuanian). Asociacija Pabradės bendruomenės "Domus". Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Pritarta planams dvigubai plėsti Pabradės karinį poligoną". diena.lt (in Lithuanian). 9 January 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Vitkūnas, Manvydas (2018). "Istorinės atminties refleksijos šiuolaikinėje lietuvos kariuomenėje: karinių vienetų pavadinimai". Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija. p. 111.
- ^ "Is This the Next US Military Base in Europe?". Defense One. 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Belarus holds military drills near borders with EU, Ukraine". Reuters. 2 April 2024.
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